<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 12:38 AM, John Springer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:3johnl@gmail.com" target="_blank">3johnl@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>But if the question is still as originally posed, to expand the number of board members, to have room for diversity to expand into, without explicit earmarks,</div><div>There is no number of white, North American males, denying that a problem exists, that would justify taking no action.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>John, <br></div><div><br></div><div>The notion that expanding the board without any other action would meaningfully impact "diversity" is absurd on its face. Especially since the consultation revealed the abject lack of any sort of concrete definition of the diversity we're trying to expand. You can call me a white male all you want and continue to imply that's a bad thing to be but the bottom line is that you're calling for action without a plan supported by any kind of objective reasoning.<br></div><div> <br></div><div>Regards,<br></div><div>Bill Herrin<br><br></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">William Herrin ................ <a href="mailto:herrin@dirtside.com" target="_blank">herrin@dirtside.com</a> <a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us" target="_blank">bill@herrin.us</a><br>Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <<a href="http://www.dirtside.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dirtside.com/</a>></div>
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