Hey Gaudenz, et al., I fear we may have toppled over ourselves here a little. I didn't mean to cause problems. I wasn't trying to push the LCA code-of-conduct for $agenda. See http://lists.debconf.org/lurker/message/20130821.095555.f59c4a26.en.html if you don't believe me. ;)
I simply wasn't aware of the existence of the DC13 anti-harrassment policy, or maybe I was but remembered that there was pushback… When I saw the topic brought up, I thought it would be best not to reinvent the wheel but derive from an excellent conference, so… However, Enrico spoke out of my heart and if we can have a short statement rather than a long code of conduct, I would be all in favour. There are a few changes I would suggest to the DC13 statement, but otherwise: are there any real reasons not to use it? Obviously, we can spend the next months discussing and enhancing and making it better (or worse) and solve world hunger while we're at it, … But we could also just go with it. There's always more to be had and things to be improved, but that's not going to get us anywhere. And as it stands, the statement is IMHO clear and with a few changes I would be very comfortable with it, too. So here's the statement, and a few suggestions of mine inline: > **** > Anti-harrassment > > DebConf is committed to a safe environment for all participants. All > attendees are expected to treat all people and facilities with respect > and help create a welcoming environment. If you notice behavior that > fails to meet this standard, please speak up and help to keep DebConf as > respectful as we expect it to be. "We realise that 'respect' is not the same to everyone. You can also think about the comfort of other people. Make sure people are comfortable, and be observant in case that changes. Your own freedom ends where the comfort zone of your peers begins." > If you are harassed and requests to stop are not successful, or notice a > disrespectful environment, the organizers want to help. Please contact > us at antiharassm...@debian.org. We will treat your request with dignity > and confidentiality, investigate, and take whatever actions appropriate. What I am missing here is the ability for face-to-face contact, an emergency number, and the promise to react *without* *any* delay. I.e. I think every conference should have an emergency number, a cell phone or whatever, ideally forwarded to multiple people. I can only speculate, but if I'd just been molested, I'd probably not want to write a message to antiharassm...@debian.org and twiddle my thumbs waiting for a reply. I'd want to talk to someone. Sure, there may well be people around to comfort me, but what if there aren't? > We can provide information on security, emergency services, > transportation, alternative accommodations, or whatever else may be > necessary. If mediation is not successful, DebConf reserves the right to > to take action against those who do not cease unacceptable behavior. We don't mention "mediation" before, so I suggest to just remove that if-clause. DebConf reserves the right… enough said. Now we really should make people tick a checkbox on registering to confirm that they have read this (I missed it for DC13…) and agree to abide by it. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madd...@debconf.org> : :' : DebConf orga team `. `'` `- DebConf14: Portland, OR, USA: http://debconf14.debconf.org DebConf15: Heidelberg, Germany: http://debconf15.debconf.org
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