On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 02:28, Gunnar Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > FWIW, many of you will remember this _has_ happened in Debian and > specifically at DebConf 6, where a white+male supremacist was > basically kicked out (both of the conference and of the project) > because of his disrespect. This didn't need an explicit policy. Quite > probably, if we had sketched it beforehand, the problem could have > been solved before it escalated as far as it did...
Solving problems before they escalate into minor brawls or sexual assaults is a /major/ win. In that particular example, there were lots of things that people let slide that probably should have warranted earlier action. Consider the bit from the GeekFeminism anti-harassment text that goes : "Harassment includes ... sustained disruption of talks or other events ... Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately." and some of the pre-conference stuff described in <[email protected]>. (Comparing that to the "StandardsOfRespect" page, I can only see things like "expected to be respectful", "please speak up", "investigate and take whatever actions", "mediation" -- it seems like it should have an explicit "if you're told to stop, stop" somewhere) Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
