[ripe-list] NomCom Volunteers and Selection

Hello Daniel,
> Of course it could have been more diverse if more people had offered to serve…
> 
I find this a rather strange comment. This sounds like a way of placing the responsibility for diversity in the NomCom, onto people from underrepresented groups in our community. This is a sentiment that I have seen before regarding the NomCom, from different people.

Instead of placing that responsibility on those underrepresented groups, I wonder what work was done in advance to identify possible biases in the qualification process, what barriers may reduce diversity in the NomCom, and how these biases and barriers were accounted for in the policy?

I’m aware it’s a bit late to change the policy. However, it is similarly a bit late to raise concerns about diversity only after the policy and call for volunteers is announced, and then the call does not result in a diverse group. Especially if the limited diversity is then explained as “if only more people had offered to serve”.

Sasha
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