On 06/17/2017 01:50 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:
A code of conduct is a totally stupid idea for RacketCon. Racketeers were
raised properly by their parents and are well behaved. I really hate attending
conferences that need to impose a code.
I think you might be reading something in to this request that's not
meant by those who are asking for it. You are right to be proud of the
Racket community today and I don't think anyone here is implying otherwise.
Having a code of conduct does not mean that us Racketeers are not well
behaved or that we need to impose a code to keep us in line. What it
does is outline what we consider to be bad behavior, defines some of the
possible consequences, and makes it clear who is responsible for
handling violations. The point of doing this is to make sure that any
possible violations of the expected behavior aren't fatal to the
environment that the Racket developers have worked hard to create. If
you don't specify this, it's not at all clear what to do in the event of
a violation and some (many?) people may decide it's not worth the risk
of dealing with unspecified consequences.
This should sound familiar. We all use a programming environment that
does this despite being good programmers who were taught properly by our
professors, because programs are complex and sometimes we make mistakes.
Humans are a lot more complex than programs, and having been raised with
the virtues of humility and open-mindedness by our parents, we should
all be willing to admit the possibility of errors in the human domain
too. In both cases the goal isn't to be punitive or restrictive but to
make sure that the environment is protected.
If it turns out that the safety mechanisms were unnecessary, then
RacketCon will be the type of conference that doesn't need to have a
code but has one anyway. Isn't that better than the alternative?
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Brian Mastenbrook
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https://brian.mastenbrook.net/
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