Re: Comments on Composition and Comportment of the IETF Nominating Committee draft

On 27 Jul 2026, at 6:19, [email protected] wrote:

>> Mallory said:
>> We need to work on making the IETF as a whole more welcoming
>> to as wide a range of people as practical. I know it's possible
>> because I've seen it happen at M3AAWG and (for all its faults)
>> ICANN, both of which have way more women in leadership roles than we 
>> do.
>
> Mallory, having a female chair of the IETF... wasn't a great 
> experience.
> Still, there's arguably little concrete to conclude from that single
> sample point.

So let me understand: You decided to insult a particular individual, the 
only female chair of the IETF, to make a point? But you also say that 
there's next to nothing you can conclude from that single sample point? 
So, we're to conclude that you decided to insult that person for the 
sake of insulting them, right? And yet we wonder why it's so difficult 
to even have these discussions in this organization, let alone make a 
change, on these topics.

Thanking the deities I no longer have any hats of relevance,

pr
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