I don't want to get in the middle of this discussion :-) but it reminded me of a loosely related topic that has been flowing through my email the last few days. Contributors to the Internet Engineering Task Force discussion list <http://www.ietf.org/list/discussion.html> have been debating the need for "Diversity in IETF Leadership" and "Mentoring." It seems to me that someone who could engage them on these issues - about which they seem to be earnest, if not terribly sophisticated - could make a significant and meaningful contribution to the IETF's policies and practices. For the 2 threads on "Diversity in IETF Leadership" and "Mentoring," see https://www.ietf.org/ibin/c5i?mid=6&rid=48&gid=0&k1=933&k3=12158&tid=1363291... https://www.ietf.org/ibin/c5i?mid=6&rid=48&gid=0&k1=933&k3=12174&tid=1363292... Cheers, Andy On Mar 14, 2013, at 4:02 PM, Ellis Godard <ellis.godard@csun.edu> wrote:

I "get" giving a voice to a gender he's trampled. I don't buy that the author's gender matters in doing that. -eg

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-----Original Message----- From: Dave Dittrich [mailto:dittrich@u.washington.edu] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 12:36 PM To: Godard, Ellis Cc: 'live'; 'AoIR-L Aoir'; 'Gabriella Coleman' Subject: Re: [Air-L] Contribution about Kim DotCom

You have to know his persona prior to his name change to "Dotcom" (legally changed his last name from "Schmitz" around 2002 after being sentenced in Germany for financial crimes and left the country.) He also went by the handle "Kimble". He was widely seen at the time as a womanizer, a party fiend, and a scam artist.

http://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/kimble/

I'm not judging, btw. Just giving my insight from the past. But it might help make more sense. :)

Dave

On 3/14/13 12:09 PM, Ellis Godard wrote:

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Or offensive, sexist, and absurd?

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-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l- bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of live Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 11:25 AM To: AoIR-L Aoir Cc: Gabriella Coleman Subject: Re: [Air-L] Contribution about Kim DotCom

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Museum of Modern Art Vienna (MUMOK: http://www.mumok.at/about-mumok/?L=1) seeks a female academic writer

Specifically female? Am I the only one who found this interesting and amusing?

-Sharon @SharonG

On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Gabriella Coleman wrote:

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Hi all,

Just passing this along for someone not on this list. Please contact Simon Denny if you are interested:

Simon Denny <sden023@gmail.com>

Museum of Modern Art Vienna (MUMOK: http://www.mumok.at/about- mumok/?L=1) seeks a female academic writer with a background in digital media, copyright, privacy and law to contribute to a critical publication examining the role of German born, New Zealand resident entrepreneur Kim Dotcom in international debates. Publication will accompany an exhibition entitled "The Personal Effects of Kim Dotcom" by prominent contemporary artist Simon Denny (http://www.kunstverein- muenchen.de/en/simondenny), which will present in the Museum a collection of objects representing those confiscated off Dotcom by New Zealand Police in a raid on his house in January 2012. 25,000 characters, EUR1000.00, Due date: 01 July 2013.

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