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@icann.org [mailto:ws2-diversity-bounces@icann.org] De la part de Malcolm Hutty Envoyé : jeudi 23 février 2017 12:35 À : ws2-diversity@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 -- Malcolm Hutty | tel: +44 20 7645 3523 Head of Public Affairs | Read the LINX Public Affairs blog London Internet Exchange | http://publicaffairs.linx.net/ London Internet Exchange Ltd Monument Place, 24 Monument Street London EC3R 8AJ Company Registered in England No. 3137929 Trinity Court, Trinity Street, Peterborough PE1 1DA _______________________________________________ Ws2-diversity mailing list Ws2-diversity@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ws2-diversity