On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 12:29:36PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > I think more guidance for the teams involved would be helpful. The > Debconf and Debian CoC statements are too difficult to amend. The DC > and Debian teams should develop a process document which those > responsible would use to guide their actions. > > That document should: > > * Give some examples of behaviours with in each case the appropriate > response. This will greatly assist the decisionmaking team. > > * Say who is responsible for dealing with complaints about bad > behaviour occurring at (or associated with) Debian conferences and > meetings. > > It seems to me that a conference raises different issues to the > mostly online interactions in the rest of the project. The nature > of violations is likely to be different; the evidential basis is > going to be different; and the required timescale for a response is > much shorter. > > ISTM therefore that CoC complaints about behaviour at (or > associated with) a Debian event such as a conference should be > dealt with by the conference team (or a subteam of the conference > team). > > * Say what should be done with complaints which are initially made to > someone else. (Answer: they should - with the complainant's > consent - be passed directly to those responsible for investigating > and adjudicating the complaint.) > > * State that decisions on the appropriate response to a violation > should be made without involvement of the DPL or the press team, > and should be without fear or favour (whether towards complainant > or accused). > > * Outline our approach to violations by guest speakers, or other > parties who attend the conference (or associated events) only > briefly, where it is not possible to eject the violator (nor to > threaten to, in order to extract an apology and promise of better > behaviour). > > * Outline whether and when any public statements will be made, and > the rules for data sharing with other events. > > I'm sure that we can borrow some wording from other organisations. I > would suggest investigating SF conventions, and social justice > organisations and feminist sources, to see what they have to offer. > The software world is still lagging on this somewhat. > > Thanks, > Ian. >
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