In an attempt to be more "scientific" about this I would point to the writing and actions of some other prominent language communities, as they have made the argument FOR having a CoC much better than I could. Before that, I think we (as practitioners and members of a technical community) should accept that the reports of harassment, exclusion, and even assault are startling and far more numerous then any of us should feel comfortable with.
The Python Software Foundation requires a CoC for all Conference grants: http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2012/12/psf-moves-to-require-code-of-conduct.html Jacob Kaplan-Moss, of the Python community, writes quite well on the subject: https://jacobian.org/writing/codes-of-conduct/ See also, Mikeal Rogers of the NodeJS community: https://medium.com/node-js-javascript/codes-of-conduct-82ab2d88112d The Scala CoC: https://www.scala-lang.org/conduct.html The Clojure/conj CoC: http://2016.clojure-conj.org/policies/ The Rust CoC: https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/conduct.html One question that comes to mind is "Does the Racket community believe it is immune from the issues that these other communities believe should be addressed, and if so why?" Scientific communities have long embraced codes of ethics and conduct (see: https://www.acm.org/about-acm/acm-code-of-ethics-and-professional-conduct). Consider that a Code of Conduct is a mechanism that explicitly articulates those things that the Racket community leaders might see as implicit to making the community successful. Finally, Ashe Dryden has an extensive FAQ around Codes of Conduct: https://www.ashedryden.com/blog/codes-of-conduct-101-faq -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
