RTA this time > > On 14 Jan 2014 16:09, "Tobias Ellinghaus" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Am Dienstag, 14. Januar 2014, 22:40:51 schrieb Andrew Chadwick: > > > > [...] > > > > > Codes of conduct are mostly just "don't be obnoxious; listen, respect, > > > learn" written out in long form with some specifics about what's not > > > to be tolerated. Granted, they say what shouldn't need to be said and > > > are always written in the hope they don't have to be invoked; but they > > > also publicly state that the organizers care about what happens to > > > people at the conference and how welcome they feel. > > > > I don't know about you, but when I approach a group of people that have given > > themselves rules like that my first thought would be "OMFG, do I really want to > > get in touch with them? Terrible things must have happened there".
That attitude is a fine example of white male privilege. I'm a white male, and I want to welcome people who are not like me. If they want a coc, we should give them one. If PSF wants one to give us money to find their travel to join us, all the better. I think a coc also helps mitigate the tyranny of structurelessness. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyranny_of_Structurelessness
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