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<p>Hi all, <br>
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<p>I read this and wanted to pass it on: <br>
<a
href="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613320/ais-white-guy-problem-isnt-going-away/">https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613320/ais-white-guy-problem-isnt-going-away/</a></p>
<p>The research they cite recommends:<br>
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<p>"The researchers offer several recommendations for improving
workplace diversity in a more comprehensive way. These include
measures aimed at closing the pay and opportunity gap,
increasing diversity at the leadership levels across departments,
and changing the incentive structures for company executives to
hire and retain workers from underrepresented groups."</p>
<p>...which leads me to think this:</p>
<p>What is the TF doing to address the extreme lack of diversity in
the RIPE community leadership, eg: RIPE PC, RIPE WG Chair
Collective? <br>
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<p>In the RIPE PC, we have two women and 11 men and almost no racial
diversity. <br>
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<p>In the RIPE WG collective, we have 28 WG Chairs - 4 women. Same
as ^ for racial diversity. <br>
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<p>Tackling diversity in the community leadership is key for us to
acheive our goals of increasing D&I at RIPE Meetings. <br>
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<p>Interesting to note...I've been spending some time doing some
data gathering to see if there's any correlation between the # of
female presenters in a WG when there's a female WG Chair. I'll
report back when I'm finished (it's a lot of manual work). <br>
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<p>Anyways - curious to get a dialogue started on this. <br>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Amanda <br>
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