'Geek' image scares women away from tech industry • The Register

2012-04-30 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Since the topic was raised here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/26/girls_in_ict_day/ Note the comment about the need for role models. Regards Brian

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2012-04-30 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 09:35:03AM +0100, Brian E Carpenter brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com wrote a message of 9 lines which said: Since the topic was raised here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/26/girls_in_ict_day/ So, IETF folklore never scares men? Good. I also note that the

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2012-04-30 Thread Monique Morrow
Not quite true -- I participated at this venue btw -- though the comment was sourced from Nelli Kroes AFAIK M On 4/30/12 1:39 AM, Stephane Bortzmeyer bortzme...@nic.fr wrote: On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 09:35:03AM +0100, Brian E Carpenter brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com wrote a message of 9 lines

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2012-04-30 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 10:39:56AM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer bortzme...@nic.fr wrote a message of 13 lines which said: I also note that the prominent women from the technology industry invited by the IUT s/IUT/ITU/ of course.

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2012-04-30 Thread Riccardo Bernardini
I understand that this was the result of a high-level dialogue (whatever that means) among few (how many?) people. This reminds me of the the Emperor of China nose length problem http://imaginatorium.org/stuff/nose.htm Discussion among a limited group of people is not guaranteed to give you

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2012-04-30 Thread Monique Morrow
Well I do engage quite actively in these discussion with girls in high school; young women in universities and women in the industry the problem space and opportunity is multifaceted, cultural depending upon the country--- and btw my motto: geek c ést chic! Monique On 4/30/12 2:03 AM,

Re: Is the IETF aging?

2012-04-30 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, April 27, 2012 15:29 -0400 Phillip Hallam-Baker hal...@gmail.com wrote: 55-65 (aging Cerf era grad students) The aging Cerf era grad students and the rest of that cohort are all over 65. I'm probably the youngest of that group who are still visible in the IETF and am older than

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2012-04-30 Thread Mary Barnes
Yes, the article is far from complete. But, your antecdote only goes to show your own bias towards women in science and engineering in general. By the time most females reach high school they have already been conditioned that girls aren't as good as boys in math and science. There's a far

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2012-04-30 Thread Worley, Dale R (Dale)
On 4/30/12 2:03 AM, Riccardo Bernardini framefri...@gmail.com wrote: In this case the best solution (although not easy to implement) would be to ask directly to young women: Are you interested in an ICT carrer?, If yes, why? If no, why not? From: Monique Morrow [mmor...@cisco.com] Well I do

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2012-04-30 Thread Huub van Helvoort
Hi Dale, You wondered: and btw my motto: geek c ést chic! What responses do you receive to your motto? That it is spelled wrong... BR, Huub.

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2012-04-30 Thread Riccardo Bernardini
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Mary Barnes mary.ietf.bar...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, the article is far from complete.  But, your antecdote only goes to show your own bias towards women in science and engineering in general.  By the time most females reach high school they have already been

FW: I-D Action: draft-sprecher-mpls-tp-oam-considerations-03.txt

2012-04-30 Thread Sprecher, Nurit (NSN - IL/Hod HaSharon)
Hi, Please note the new version of draft-sprecher-mpls-tp-oam-consideration (03) that was just submitted. In this version we attempted to satisfy the Last Call comments we got. Diffs can be used to see the changes from version 01

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2012-04-30 Thread Melinda Shore
On 4/30/12 7:33 AM, Riccardo Bernardini wrote: So it seems (by this anecdotal and very limited evidence) that [ ... ] So it seems to me that when in possession of only anecdotal, limited evidence that it might be a good idea to acquire more evidence before drawing conclusions. Melinda

Re: Last Call: draft-polk-ipr-disclosure-03.txt (Promoting Compliance with Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Disclosure Rules) to Informational RFC

2012-04-30 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, Here are a few comments to this draft. Stephan (1) Section 3.1, final paragraph. An IETF disclosure has to be made against a Contribution. In the case described in this paragraph, the Contribution may not have been made at the time of the Disclosure request, and, therefore, it would be

Re: Gen-ART LC Review of draft-ietf-pwe3-static-pw-status-10

2012-04-30 Thread Stewart Bryant
On 26/04/2012 23:55, Ben Campbell wrote: I am the assigned Gen-ART reviewer for this draft. For background on Gen-ART, please see the FAQ at http://wiki.tools.ietf.org/area/gen/trac/wiki/GenArtfaq. Please resolve these comments along with any other Last Call comments you may receive. Document:

Re: [Gen-art] Gen-ART LC Review of draft-ietf-pwe3-static-pw-status-10

2012-04-30 Thread Ben Campbell
On Apr 30, 2012, at 12:25 PM, Stewart Bryant wrote: Hi Ben Thank you for your review. The IANA policy is stated as IETF Review (end of first para in IANA) Okay, I guess I just missed it. The normative text is deliberate - this was part of the change that we needed to make. Then

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-codec-opus-12.txt (Definition of the Opus Audio Codec) to Proposed Standard

2012-04-30 Thread SM
At 13:20 26-04-2012, The IESG wrote: The IESG has received a request from the Internet Wideband Audio Codec WG (codec) to consider the following document: - 'Definition of the Opus Audio Codec' draft-ietf-codec-opus-12.txt as a Proposed Standard Section 10 about copying conditions mentions

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2012-04-30 Thread Mary Barnes
Here is an article that does a far better job of explaining the situation than I did: http://www.todaysengineer.org/2011/May/women-in-engineering.asp The largest reason women leave engineering is due to the work environment and perceived lack of support from colleagues. Although, the one bonus

Re: Future Handling of Blue Sheets

2012-04-30 Thread Richard L. Barnes
+1 We could have a bonfire of the blue sheets as a Friday-afternoon social event. On Apr 22, 2012, at 10:31 AM, IETF Chair wrote: At IETF 83, we had a discussion about the future of blue sheets, many spoke at the mic in support of the proposal. There has been very little discussion on

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2012-04-30 Thread Worley, Dale R (Dale)
From: Mary Barnes [mary.ietf.bar...@gmail.com] Here is an article that does a far better job of explaining the situation than I did: http://www.todaysengineer.org/2011/May/women-in-engineering.asp The largest reason women leave engineering is due to the work environment and perceived

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2012-04-30 Thread Janet P Gunn
My own anecdotes. Yes, it starts early. When I was 3 I announced that I was going to be a physicist when I grew up. WHY? 1 - a physicist has a chair that is on WHEELS, and spins ROUND and ROUND 2 - a physicist has a blackboard with COLORED CHALK 3 (and MOST important) a physicist has a CANDY

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2012-04-30 Thread Richard L. Barnes
anecdotal-data There are fewer women, per capita, at the IETF than at my day job. There are fewer women, per capita, at the IETF than at any of the RIR meeting I have attended (incl. RIPE, APNIC, ARIN). /anecdotal-data On Apr 30, 2012, at 5:31 PM, Janet P Gunn wrote: My own anecdotes.

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2012-04-30 Thread ned+ietf
From: Mary Barnes [mary.ietf.bar...@gmail.com] Here is an article that does a far better job of explaining the situation than I did: http://www.todaysengineer.org/2011/May/women-in-engineering.asp The largest reason women leave engineering is due to the work environment and

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2012-04-30 Thread Fred Baker
On Apr 30, 2012, at 2:03 AM, Riccardo Bernardini wrote: I understand that this was the result of a high-level dialogue (whatever that means) among few (how many?) people. This reminds me of the the Emperor of China nose length problem http://imaginatorium.org/stuff/nose.htm I expected

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-codec-opus-12.txt (Definition of the Opus Audio Codec) to Proposed Standard

2012-04-30 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, This subject was also raised by our AD on the codec mailing list. The statement is about spec text copyright (with the possible exception of the word use, which is loaded in this context, see BSD license and implicit patent grant ambiguity). Insofar, the patent licensing statement received

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2012-04-30 Thread Ofer Inbar
This PBS interview with Harvey Mudd president Maria Klawe, on the subject of why fewer women go into tech engineering fields, is worth watching: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/2012/04/college_president_discusses_wo.html -- Cos

Re: Future Handling of Blue Sheets

2012-04-30 Thread John C Klensin
--On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 18:06 -0400 Eric Burger eburge...@standardstrack.com wrote: I would strongly support what Wes is talking about here. I see two (other) reasons for keeping blue sheets. The first is it is a recognized method of showing we have an open standards process. The

Re: Is the IETF aging?

2012-04-30 Thread Mary Barnes
One response below [MB]. On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 1:53 PM, SM s...@resistor.net wrote: At 07:41 27-04-2012, Yoav Nir wrote: After each meeting, Ray sends out a survey to all participants. The results from the latest one: When were you born? Before 19502.9% 1950 - 1960 16.6%

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2012-04-30 Thread Fred Baker
On Apr 30, 2012, at 5:03 PM, Ofer Inbar wrote: This PBS interview with Harvey Mudd president Maria Klawe, on the subject of why fewer women go into tech engineering fields, is worth watching: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/2012/04/college_president_discusses_wo.html This is

Re: Future Handling of Blue Sheets

2012-04-30 Thread Richard L. Barnes
So can we just wrap the scans in CMS under an IETF cert and call it a day? On Apr 30, 2012, at 8:28 PM, John C Klensin wrote: --On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 18:06 -0400 Eric Burger eburge...@standardstrack.com wrote: I would strongly support what Wes is talking about here. I see two

Re: Is the IETF aging?

2012-04-30 Thread Alia Atlas
Mary, I have to agree. As is common, gender imbalance can be treated as a joke only by those who aren't affected. For those of us without male privilege (or other types of course) who have experienced the effects of subtle or blatant discrimination, it is no joke. Nor is it caused by a lack of

Re: Future Handling of Blue Sheets

2012-04-30 Thread Henning Schulzrinne
Lots of business records are never cryptographically signed (presumably, most of them, actually), and they are just as valid as evidence in court, scanned or on paper. Unless somebody can make a plausible argument that the IETF just made them up, this seems a rather unlikely problem. If

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2012-04-30 Thread Glen Zorn
On 05/01/2012 02:52 AM, Mary Barnes wrote: Here is an article that does a far better job of explaining the situation than I did: http://www.todaysengineer.org/2011/May/women-in-engineering.asp The largest reason women leave engineering is due to the work environment and perceived lack of

Last Call: draft-polk-ipr-disclosure-03.txt (Promoting Compliance with Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Disclosure Rules) to Informational RFC

2012-04-30 Thread The IESG
The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider the following document: - 'Promoting Compliance with Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Disclosure Rules' draft-polk-ipr-disclosure-03.txt as Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks,

Last Call: draft-ietf-ccamp-assoc-info-03.txt (Usage of The RSVP Association Object) to Informational RFC

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The IESG has received a request from the Common Control and Measurement Plane WG (ccamp) to consider the following document: - 'Usage of The RSVP Association Object' draft-ietf-ccamp-assoc-info-03.txt as Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits

Protocol Action: 'Translation of SMIv2 MIB Modules to YANG Modules' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-netmod-smi-yang-05.txt)

2012-04-30 Thread The IESG
The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Translation of SMIv2 MIB Modules to YANG Modules' (draft-ietf-netmod-smi-yang-05.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the NETCONF Data Modeling Language Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Benoit Claise and Ronald

RFC 6585 on Additional HTTP Status Codes

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Protocol Action: 'Creation and Use of Email Feedback Reports: An Applicability Statement for the Abuse Reporting Format (ARF)' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-marf-as-16.txt)

2012-04-30 Thread The IESG
The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Creation and Use of Email Feedback Reports: An Applicability Statement for the Abuse Reporting Format (ARF)' (draft-ietf-marf-as-16.txt) as a Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Messaging Abuse Reporting Format Working Group.

Protocol Action: RFC 1510 The Kerberos Network Authentication Service (V5) to Historic

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