shane> As a bonus, I also went through the membership of the RIPE shane> Programme Committee since it's inception (I think), as well as shane> the chairs of RIPE working groups in roughly the same period. (I shane> used the historical RIPE meeting site for PC membership, and shane> slides from the opening plenary with pictures of the WG chairs shane> for the WG chair membership.) This picture looks bad, since it shane> seems like women are under-represented compared to RIPE meeting shane> attendees. This strikes me as an area requiring special shane> attention, and it can be done; for example the IETF has taken shane> specific efforts to ensure enough diversity in their leadership shane> positions. Great point. From what I've seen in other volunteer orgs, it takes very active recruitment and lots of pushing to get a more representative sample. Some offers of help/mentoring for those not sure they're "ready" or will be accepted should help too.