So I just sort of boggled at an post that seemed to quote private correspondence while making a CoC accusation, or at least that's what I think I read. Many of us know the holidays for the airing of grievances arrives in 2 months, but public archived email lists really are simply not the place. We have an organizational policy that anyone can approach any officer or board member to help resolve personal conflict or violations of the CoC. With that said...
I'd like everyone on every side of the issue to take a moment to read the thoughts of one of the most effective convention organizers and another all around good friend, who together penned some thoughts on the subject of how we creates codes of conduct, and how we use or abuse them. Both are active within the SF community and have tried to weather the recent storms in the Hugo Awards world which took a dark turn into politics. These are their thoughts... http://copious-free-time.org/ss-hs/the-shield-or-the-weapon/ I'm re-sharing this publicly on Facebook so we will all agree not to pollute this list with a bunch of back-and-forth on the merits of *their* thoughts (they are tagged and will follow that dialog,) Here lies that thread; https://www.facebook.com/wrowe/posts/10154815771416929?pnref=story If you have an *actionable* and *productive* suggestion for the *ASF* please present it, but let's not let this list become that cesspool for endlessly debating the subject, individual comments or the entire thread on FB may be shut down without prior notice, if individuals can't keep it civil. Yours, Bill
