[J3] [EXTERNAL] (SC22WG5.6222) Fwd: [SC22] ISO Gender Action Plan Survey

[Clune, Thomas L. (GSFC-6101)]

I do not find the politics absurdly irrelevant.   And I certainly saw nothing fanatical in the survey.

- Tom



> On Jun 2, 2020, at 3:10 PM, Van Snyder via J3 <j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org> wrote:
> 
> This is absurdly irrelevant politics. Let's just do our jobs without
> getting fanatical about politics.
> 
> On Tue, 2020-06-02 at 13:43 -0400, Steve Lionel via J3 wrote:
>> Dear ISO expert,
>> 
>> 
>> In September 2019, the ISO Council approved the ISO Gender Action
>> Plan 
>> 2019-2021. Priority 1 of this Action Plan is the collection of
>> gender 
>> data on ISO members’ top management, technical committees, experts
>> and 
>> governance bodies representatives. The goal is to understand the
>> current 
>> gender balance as well as the participation of the next generation
>> in 
>> ISO’s activities and to use this as the baseline for the effective 
>> monitoring of progress towards long-term objectives.
>> 
>> Within this context, I am pleased to share the ISO Central
>> Secretariat 
>> Gender Action Plan - Expert survey. Completing the survey takes less 
>> than 2 minutes.
>> Please complete the survey 
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.smartsurvey.co.uk_s_Expert-5Fsurvey_&d=DwIDaQ&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=EDCdNzkccJ25Co3sjWrr1HlJQ3_CoIFWfekFE1ulcLI&m=i6uj_XVxm9Lhn9K-LtVDqEsu9WeVZFrEn5Y1z4zr-NE&s=E2y4DUXvrpeIJrmW3ibi7Yw2p132PRkaKo7DN55BIrM&e= 
>> I thank you in advance for sharing this survey with the experts of
>> your 
>> TC, SC, PC and/or WG. The survey will be open until 1 September 2020.
>> 
>> Responses to this survey are anonymous. No contact details are 
>> collected, and the respondents’ IP address is discarded as soon as
>> the 
>> respondent visits the survey. ISO is committed to protecting the
>> privacy 
>> of its members and experts and that is why we selected SmartSurvey,
>> a 
>> provider which assures GDPR compliance (see the SmartSurvey privacy 
>> policy: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.smartsurvey.co.uk_privacy-2Dpolicy&d=DwIDaQ&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=EDCdNzkccJ25Co3sjWrr1HlJQ3_CoIFWfekFE1ulcLI&m=i6uj_XVxm9Lhn9K-LtVDqEsu9WeVZFrEn5Y1z4zr-NE&s=TiOO2anK33ksqJuSPs572kw4CQX0bijl0zxRNyHe7HQ&e= )
>> 
>> Participating in the survey is voluntary. However, the more data we 
>> collect the better we will be able to inform future initiatives to 
>> enhance the gender representation in standardization work which will 
>> lead to improved performance and better results.
>> 
>> Once compiled, the results of the survey will be shared with ISO
>> members.”.
>> 
>> I thank you in advance for your contribution to this important
>> matter.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> sergio mujica secretary-general | ISO Central Secretariat | Phone:
>> +41 
>> 22 749 01 11
>> 
>> 
>> 
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