[Ws2-diversity] Draft 01 Diversity Report

[Mathieu Weill]

Dear Malcolm,

First, speaking as a member of this subgroup, I want to sincerely thank
you for staying engaged and expressing your views within this group. While
our views differ, it is critical that we keep this dialogue open and
constructive.

I certainly do not see any of the current recommendations as sexual or
racial discrimination, and would happily support additional
recommendations to enhance commitments against any such discrimination. I
suspect we would differ on what constitutes discrimination and that would
be worth discussing further.

I also would welcome your suggestions about how to enhance outreach in
order for them to effectively increase diversity. Can you elaborate on
these proposals ?

Best
Mathieu

-----Message d'origine-----
De : ws2-diversity-bounces at icann.org
[mailto:ws2-diversity-bounces at icann.org] De la part de Malcolm Hutty
Envoyé : jeudi 23 février 2017 12:35
À : ws2-diversity at icann.org
Objet : Re: [Ws2-diversity] Draft 01 Diversity Report

On 23/02/2017 01:23, Julie Hammer wrote:
> Achieving diversity in skills should not be seen as a choice between
> skills and diversity which excludes participation, but rather one
> which values many skills sets and facilitates inclusion and broad
participation.
>

I'm not sure I understand this sentence.

I was getting the impression that this groups' fundamental understanding
of the term "diversity" is to exclude white people and men from
consideration for certain positions, on the grounds that we've got too
many of them already.

I assumed this is why the diversity report omits what I would have thought
was the most obvious expectation, a commitment to avoid racial or sexual
discrimination.

Am I mistaken? If so, why is there no such commitment?

Malcolm
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