Re: Equably when it comes to privacy

[Abdussalam Baryun <[e-mail]>]

I agree with you SM, politics and considering countries names in that
way, that is out of scope of IETF. Comments below,

AB

On 9/8/13, SM <[e-mail]> wrote:
> At 07:07 08-09-2013, Jorge Amodio wrote:
>>You mean like Pakistan, Iran, Libya, Syria, Saudi Arabia ....
>
> There were people from Pakistan who participated in the IETF.  I
> recall an email exchange where a person from that country received an
> unpleasant comment from someone who is part of the IETF "leadership".

That is rude behavior, which I may experienced in IETF.
>
> In my opinion a discussion about Country X or Country Y would take
> the thread downhill.  It can also have a chilling effect.

I totally agree, by having more participants from all world's
countries, makes the IETF more diverse, and by silence to such rude
behavior means we are welcoming less diversity.
>
> At 05:14 08-09-2013, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
>>Another worrying aspect of [censored] is that it is named
>>after[censored]. They seem to be looking to make [censored] out of
>>us. They certainly seem to be endorsing [censored]. What should we
>>think if the [censored] had a similar program codenamed [censored]?
>
> It would not look good.

It is not good behavior if IETF just watches lists and does not make
mentoring to its participants old/new comers.

AB

>
> Regards,
> -sm
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