My apologies for interrupting ongoing discusions of pending policy proposals, but I have reason at the moment to seek views regarding people's interpretations of the word "harassment" as used repeatedly within the ARIN Code of Conduct.
I should begin by saying that my sudden interest in this topic has been piqued by recent events on one particular mailing list of a different Regional Internet Registry (i.e. not ARIN). My hope and belief is that "harassment" as used within the ARIN Code of Conduct is sufficiently broad in its practical interpretation to cover any and all manner of threats against any and all participants in the ARIN community, including but not limited to threats of bodily harm, threats of doxxing, threats to reveal personal information of any kind which might possibly be damaging in any way to the party being threatened, and threats of legal action, whether well founded or otherwise. I have a particular interest in that final category of threat at the present time, but really, because of the inherent ambiguity of the rather broad brush term "harassment" I'd like to know if others here feel as I do that any type of interpersonal threat should have no place in othewise civilized discussions in or on any mailing list belonging to any Regional Internet Registry. I shall of course, be perusing the Codes of Conduct for all five RIRs to try to ascertain what each might have to say on this subject, if anything, although I'm sure that many, including myself, would have hoped that it would have been implicitly clear to all, globally, even without any formal codification, that threats are not exactly conducive to cooperation toward shared goals, let alone any communal sense of esprit de corps. Regards, rfg _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
