<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I am entirely not disputing the need for diversity - but for a large international conference, given the potential number of religions, gender identifications etc we would be looking at an infinitely large committee.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Of course having a trusted mediator on hand - who may be closer to your tradition - may be a possible way forward in this respect.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">thanks</div><div class="">suresh</div><div class=""> <br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 18-Mar-2016, at 1:05 PM, Padmini <<a href="mailto:pdmnbaruah@gmail.com" class="">pdmnbaruah@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">> 3. While I am all for diversity - I would not say that a committee lacks standing to investigate such an issue just because of its lack of diversity. Sexual harassment is condemnable - and in its various degrees, criminal, the world over, so that there are very few “cultural” justifications to it. </p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">The only problem is , as a woman from a traditional family, speaking up about this issue itself is hard. To have to talk about it to two white men is difficult into itself. Hence the need for diversity.</p></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>