[J3] (SC22WG5.6229) Fwd: [SC22] ISO Gender Action Plan Survey

[Bill Long]

And, if they were only interested in gender data, they could probably guess pretty accurately from just looking though the list.  I suspect they were really after the age and years-of-service information.  


> On Jun 4, 2020, at 12:09 PM, David Muxworthy via J3 <j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org> wrote:
> 
> No-one has commented on the fact that self-selecting surveys in any
> case are of dubious value.  ISO has a complete register of the experts
> who can take part in ISO committees, all nominated by their national
> bodies.  All they have to do to get an accurate picture is to ask each
> national body for the gender statistics for their nominees.
> 
> It is almost unbelievably amateurish to write "I thank you in advance
> for sharing this survey with the experts of your TC, SC, PC and/or WG"
> if the results are to have any validity.
> 
> David Muxworthy
> 

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