“While we're at it though, there needs to be female representation on the Ausnog board.”
People should be appointed based on their merits, not based on their gender. From: AusNOG [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Wilkins Sent: Tuesday, 2 October 2018 5:50 PM To: [email protected] List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Sexual harassment in our industry. "Seems you've never been to a meeting." The verity of this statement cannot be overexaggerated. Kind regards [https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif] Paul Wilkins On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 at 17:42, Mark Smith <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 at 16:50, Paul Wilkins <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > The need for a Code of Conduct has been raised and it's a good point. > > While we're at it though, there needs to be female representation on the > Ausnog board. I see where there's 5 directors been appointed, and they're all > men. I'm wondering who is doing the appointing. > Seems you've never been to a meeting. That's covered in the closing session. > That they couldn't find a woman up to the required standard gives rise to an > unfortunate impression of the board acting as a boy's club. > > Kind regards > > Paul Wilkins > > > On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 at 16:10, David Hughes > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> We thank Bevan for raising this important issue and bringing it to our >> attention. >> >> This is a complex situation and we take any allegation of this nature very >> seriously. We hope to discuss this further with those concerned in an >> attempt to establish specifics, while maintaining the confidentiality of all >> parties. If there are any actionable details we will offer assistance to >> the party involved if they wish to escalate the matter further. >> >> Even though issues regarding the behaviour of delegates at our events have >> never been raised with us, we want our attendees to feel safe and supported. >> We have commenced a review of policies and processes from other >> organisations and will work with our solicitors to draft a policy suitable >> for AusNOG events and mailing lists. >> >> The organisers of AusNOG believe that behaviour of this nature is not >> acceptable at any conference, function, or workplace in our industry. We >> will attempt to engage the leaders of our industry to push for a broader >> solution. >> >> >> >> David - on behalf of the AusNOG Board >> ... >> _______________________________________________ >> AusNOG mailing list >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
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