Please forgive my ignorance on the matter, but isn't this a prestigious Open Source software Foundation?
For such top engineers you think you would have less safety concerns. Perhaps this is the Linux foundation's influence on the ASF? Perhaps Schneier can comment on your seeming "Culture of Fear" if he even bothers with this list. -M On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 3:12 PM, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote: > I took a leave of absence from the ASF for over a year (my previous email > on this thread was one of my first since returning) precisely because the > treatment I got on these mailing lists was so deleterious for my mental > health that I had to take a break, for my safety. > > Positioning *war* as the canonical example of un-safety is a poor one. > There are many forms of safety. Feeling like a community is a good place > for you to inhabit, feeling like it wont harm you (emotionally, mentally, > or otherwise) is well within the remit of safety that we, as a > community-focused org, should be concerned about. > > > On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 at 10:32 Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On 14/11/2016 00:52, Niclas Hedhman wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 4:58 AM, Sharan Foga <sha...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > >> *General Diversity Approach and Strategy* > > >> I haven't had much time to update this on the wiki but once the > > committer > > >> survey is complete I will be able to perhaps tailor it based on the > > results. > > >> > > >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COMDEV/ > > >> Diversity+Strategy+Ideas > > >> > > >> I'm still interested in getting feedback and ideas from anyone about > > ways > > >> to develop the strategy and actions we can take to help encourage > > diversity. > > > > <snip/> > > > > > So; What does "feel safe" mean? > > > In this context, it must be a first world non-problem. Because I doubt > > that > > > you think ASF committers will be hit by drone strikes if their location > > is > > > known, that an unfortunate email will cause terrorist attacks or > > indirectly > > > causing thermo-nuclear war. "Safe" means that there is no imminent > danger > > > to our lives and physical health. Maslow's somewhat revised hierarchy > > also > > > includes "financial security" as it quite directly affects our > survival. > > > "Safe" doesn't encompass "not feeling happy", "I was offended" and > other > > > non-sense. > > > If you against all odds are talking about real safety; I can't imagine > > that > > > anyone became more unsafe after joining ASF communities. Right? > > > > Wrong. There are examples of people being threatened and/or assaulted > > directly as a result of their participation in an ASF community. I'm one > > of them. > > > > I whole-heartedly support the work that Sharan is doing this area. I am > > of the view that the phrase "feel safe" is an critical element of the > > desired outcomes and should remain. > > > > Mark > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > > > >
