[governance] Re: Feb 2012 Geneva meetings [Answers]

[Roland Perry]

In message <2A1B0A9E-F977-46DC-B3F1-D49E7ED78CCA at uzh.ch>, at 16:00:48 on 
Thu, 9 Feb 2012, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch> writes

>As to Roland's points, sure, but having 5 or 6 empty CS seats (all women,
>BTW) is hardly going to be better for gender and geographic diversity than
>letting those who'll be here participate under whatever rubric.

For one meeting in isolation it's often tempting to suggest that a few 
carefully chosen replacements is better than empty seats, but for 
meetings like this, in my experience a long term culture of substitution 
reduces productivity as well as diversity.
-- 
Roland Perry

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