Originally Posted by Randy Petersen
This question was submitted by Jailer:
Should TB be reflective of FT’s diversity?
FlyerTalk is a very diverse community. Do you hope to see a TalkBoard emerge that is representative of this diversity, for example women, young/old, non-US based, not a native English speaker, and/or non-European ancestry, etc.? Or, are we just one travel and upgrade crazy race thereby trumping any need for diversity?
Frankly, I think it's up to the members to come forward to run as well as the voters. If we have 25 white males from MSN running, I can't control that, although I will have to start organizing the DO immediately.
If it's important to a set of the voters that there be a diverse set of members on the board, those voters will vote that way, provided such candidates exist.
Personally, I am just interested in voting for the five members I think will do the best for TalkBoard regardless of race, gender, religion, country of origin. Since I've not met any of the candidates, they are screen names with posting history.
--Rich