That was definitely not the intent. The diversity of the enforcement committee tries to match the diversity of the OCaml community, and to make the committee more easily approachable by persons who would like to report a misconduct. A woman who’s experiencing sexual harassment might prefer to discuss with a female member of the committee; a native French speaker, with a French-speaking member; a PhD student in the USA, with someone who is familiar with American universities; and a software developer in India with someone who knows how the Indian software industry operates. A committee composed exclusively of aging male French or British academics would not work.
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