It's good that you're addressing this before it gets ugly, Oren (and congrats on the growth!). It's also good that you're benchmarking. Mature orgs have already tackled these issues!
I agree with you on naming being important-- how you set that tone will largely determine constituent buy-in. You definitely don't want to name it "Anti" anything, because you want to emphasize the behaviors you're looking FOR. People tune out "Antis" right off the bat. Maybe "Expectations of Civility" or somesuch. "Mutual Respect" is definitely a good starting point. Randy > On September 8, 2015 at 12:42 PM "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dallas Fort Work is going through some growing pains and we're being > forced to address issues of conduct, courtesy and mutual respect in an > organized fashion. > > When we had 15-20 members, it was easy to work things out through > conversation or as they came up. Now at 70 members and growing, behavioral > issues are commonplace enough that we feel we need a policy to outline > expectations of behavior. > > As a 24/7 space, we also have issues when staff is not present and for > that reason alone, we feel a policy is required. There are other reasons too, > such as the fact that staff isn't in every context even when they are on the > job or that as the community grows, expectations for behavior/conduct will > diverge from any standard unless that standard is established. > > So with that in mind, what are the important things to consider with such > a policy? What behavior are worth calling out? Is it important to delineate > consequences? Process for arriving at consequences? > > Lastly, what do you call such a document and policy? We've been working > with Coworking Buffalo's Anti-Harassment Policy as a starting point since it > seems to cover the basics of what we're looking to address. > http://coworkbuffalo.com/policy/ > > Despite liking the body of the document, we're struggling with what to > call it. We want to be clear that we actively oppose harassment, but I > personally feel that terms like Anti-Harassment or Code of Conduct make me > feel like a subject, whereas something like a Mutual Respect policy makes me > feel like an equal. > > Any thoughts or experiences on this subject would be most appreciated. > > Thanks! > Oren > > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
