Dear friends, I need to provide an update to the AusNOG community regarding incidents that occurred in Sydney alongside the AusNOG meeting in April. The need to address this publicly is prompted in part by discussions which occurred on this mailing list, and which do deserve some followup.
After allegations were made against an APNIC staff member, we engaged an independent specialist to investigate, and we have been grateful for the assistance and cooperation in that investigation of AusNOG community members who were directly impacted. The staff member has resigned from APNIC. It came as a shock and great disappointment to us that one of our staff members was involved in this incident. APNIC has long been committed to helping build an Internet community that is safe, encourages greater female participation, and is free from sexual harassment. But clearly, we need to do more. We're reviewing all our workplace training, systems, policies and compliance activities, and are having open conversations within APNIC to see where we can improve. APNIC has apologised to those who were directly impacted by the conduct which occurred, and has kept them informed on the outcome of the investigation and the actions taken. We sought and received their permission to send this message. With that in mind, and other legalities that we need to respect, there is not much more that I can say on the matter apart from this: sexual harassment is completely unacceptable in any form. We are determined to ensure it has no place at APNIC, and we support our colleagues in ensuring it has no place in the Internet industry. Thanks, Paul Wilson. ________________________________________________________________________ Paul Wilson, Director-General, APNIC [email protected] http://www.apnic.net @apnicdg
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