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Re: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Sun, 09 August 2020 15:34 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
To: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>, Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@gmail.com>
CC: "ietf@ietf.org" <ietf@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language
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>    I'm asking for evidence that we have a problem.

We don't know who has not participated because they found terminology off-putting.  How could we know?

We do have some data-points that show some are bothered by the language.  This discussion has also discouraged some, see https://twitter.com/rolandshoemaker/status/1292172589708664832

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