On Tue, 2014-01-14 at 20:11 -0800, Dave Crossland wrote: > On 14 Jan 2014 15:39, "Michael Natterer" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2014-01-14 at 14:15 -0500, Louis Desjardins wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am asked by PSF if we have a Code of Conduct? > > > > > > I am sure that at some point in time that question was raised among us > but > > > I can’t recall if we reached a consensus and if so where would that > text be? > > > > > > PSF could consider funding us but we’d need a published Code of Conduct. > > > > If they want to impose their rules in order to fund, then I'd suggest > > not to take their money. > > > > About a code of conduct, what about > > > > "use your brain, failure to do so will get you kicked out after one > > warning, or immediately for serious misbehavior" > > > > If that's not enough we're pretty much doomed. > > I suggest we ask the people who are minorities at the event if it or any > other proposal is enough. You and I, as the white male majority, can't tell. > > For dudes claiming this is unneccessary, do you know what it's like to have > a public profile online, like you and I do, but as a female? > > " In 2006, researchers from the University of Maryland set up a bunch of > fake online accounts and then dispatched them into chat rooms. Accounts > with feminine usernames incurred an average of 100 sexually explicit or > threatening messages a day. Masculine names received 3.7." > > http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/women-arent-welcome-internet-72170/
I am aware that sadly all of that is very true, and there is little doubt that larger conferences need a CoC. What I'm uncomfortable with is the idea of "we have to get a CoC in order to get funding", because that should really not be the motivation for having one. Also, I think that LGM doesn't actually need a CoC, it has the atmosphere of a family meeting, not of a major event that involves a degree of anonymity. That said, I am not opposed to a CoC. All I'm saying is that I feel very comfortable to be at an event where nothing weird ever happened and where I'm not afraid that anything will happen; therefore the idea of getting a CoC feels a bit like trying to preemtively avoid criticism from whatever fraction of political correctness. just my 2 ct. Regards, --Mitch _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
