[NCUC-DISCUSS] A problem in registration form for ICANN60 Abu Dhabi

[Jesse Järvi]

I personally suggest removing the gender field completely. It’s irrelevant information. 

Jesse



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> On Jul 17, 2017, at 8:34 AM, Cedric Laurant <cedric at laurant.org> wrote:
> 
> It is indeed irrelevant for the purpose of a public event registration.
> What might be relevant is how people want to be addressed in
> correspondence or in panels. It would therefore be sufficient to add a
> field with "Mr"/"Mrs"/"Dr", etc.
> Cédric
> 
>> On 7/17/17 12:18 AM, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:
>> We might want to lobby to change the "Other" selection to
>> "don't want to say" or "irrelevant" something to that effect
>> and then all select that.
>> 
>> Even better would be to get rid of the question altogether
>> on grounds that it is irrelevant.
>> 
>> Tapani
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 16 21:12, Renata Aquino Ribeiro (raquino at gmail.com) wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello
>>> 
>>> I have just read the raw transcript of the last WS2-Diversity meeting
>>> 
>>> Meeting page
>>> 
>>> https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=66089058
>>> 
>>> Raw transcript
>>> 
>>> https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/66089058/DIVERSITY%20SUBGROUP%20MEETING%20_07132017-FINAL-en.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1500220959000&api=v2
>>> 
>>> The raw transcript means it is the 1st form of the transcript, no corrections
>>> 
>>> But what I read made me caught my attention enough to share this on the lists
>>> 
>>> Especially giving the discussion about reviewing where meetings happen
>>> 
>>> Apparently there was a "concern" with registration to ICANN60 because
>>> "a form" presented the follow question and options of response
>>> 
>>> Gender:  Male/Female/Other
>>> 
>>> The "other" option raised the "concern" and ombudsman brought up that
>>> this was the theme of a conversation w/ local organization
>>> 
>>> So what would happen if ICANN had, let's say, a number of
>>> registrations of "Other" ?
>>> 
>>> Would this be theme for other conversations between ombudsman and
>>> local organizers?
>>> 
>>> Are there any data collected by registration form that would cause
>>> "concern" to local organizers?
>>> 
>>> And sorry about the extensive use of quote marks. The words are a bit
>>> surprising and I tried to soften the blow.
>>> 
>>> Renata
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