Re: [Openstack] Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-10-21 Thread Lauren Sell
Hi everyone, As a quick update, the community code of conduct has now been publicized on the Summit website, wrapped in more event-specific language recommended by this thread and the PyCon code of conduct. There is also a clear process for reporting and responding to any complaints. http://ww

Re: [Openstack] Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-10-03 Thread Lauren Sell
Hi Anne, David, Yes, the transparency committee update is on the board meeting agenda, but I think the code of conduct for our Summit is a different issue. The transparency committee had three main tasks: develop a written policy documenting our approach to transparency, investigate creating an

Re: [Openstack] Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-10-01 Thread David Mortman
Thanks Anne! On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Anne Gentle wrote: > Hi David and list and everybody, > > The Board meets Oct 3, and Josh has an agenda item for the Transparency > WorkGroup. > https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/3Oct2013BoardMeeting > > > Anne > > On Tue, Oct 1,

Re: [Openstack] Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-10-01 Thread Anne Gentle
Hi David and list and everybody, The Board meets Oct 3, and Josh has an agenda item for the Transparency WorkGroup. https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/3Oct2013BoardMeeting Anne On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 12:25 PM, David Mortman wrote: > So given that it's been nearly two weeks si

Re: [Openstack] Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-10-01 Thread David Mortman
So given that it's been nearly two weeks since anyone has responded is it time to rebrand it the Opacity Committee? On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 8:23 PM, David Mortman wrote: > Joshua, > > I found this answer hilariously short and opaque especially given the > context of it being part of the Transpar

Re: [Openstack] Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-18 Thread David Mortman
Joshua, I found this answer hilariously short and opaque especially given the context of it being part of the Transparency Committee. Can you go into more details about what has been discussed in the past as well as what might be proposed at the next board meeting. Speaking of which, when is the n

Re: [Openstack] Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-18 Thread David Mortman
Lauren As noted earlier in the thread, several of us feel that the Code of Conduct is not specific enough about harassing behavior. I posted a suggested edit and would love for the B of D to consider that or a similar edits. Pycons code of conduct is also a great resource ( https://us.pycon.org/20

Re: [Openstack] Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-17 Thread Lauren Sell
Hi George, We have a code of conduct for our community that covers events like our Summit (http://www.openstack.org/legal/community-code-of-conduct/). What I would like to do is: - Publicize the code of conduct on the Summit website, registration page and email communications prior to the even

Re: [Openstack] Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-17 Thread Joshua McKenty
David - yes, the ombudsperson office is one of the goals of the Transparency Committee, and we've got an agenda item to dig into again at the next board meeting. -- Joshua McKenty Chief Technology Officer Piston Cloud Computing, Inc. +1 (650) 242-5683 +1 (650) 283-6846 http://www.pistoncloud.com

Re: [Openstack] Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-17 Thread George Reese
Can someone summarize where things stand on this and what is actually in motion to be done/has been done? Thanks, George On Sep 15, 2013, at 7:18 PM, David Mortman wrote: > Joshua, > > I'll leave it up to the event staff to determine how they want to handle it > in this on-site case. Certain

Re: [Openstack] Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-11 Thread George Reese
+1 On Sep 11, 2013, at 11:16 AM, Lauren Sell wrote: > I also like the PyCon code of conduct and would be interested in adopting > something very similar for our events. > > https://us.pycon.org/2012/codeofconduct/ > > On Sep 11, 2013, at 8:47 AM, Anne Gentle wrote: > >> I would greatly supp

Re: [Openstack] Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-11 Thread George Reese
I don't see that as either sufficient in content nor in manner of communication. On Sep 11, 2013, at 8:53 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote: > David Mortman wrote: >> Given the recent and ongoing issues with sexism (not to mention racism, >> homophobia and general bigotry) at tech conferences, I recently