And a few more pointers: - https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/making-tech-spaces-safe-for-diverse-faces - https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/a-code-of-conduct-is-not-enough
All from the excellent https://modelviewculture.com/issues/events — which is worth your time. Best Jan -- > On 12 Jan 2017, at 15:13, Sharan F <sha...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hi Jan > > Thanks for the feedback. > > I attended FOSDEM last year and wasn't aware of any of these issues. If you > can let me have any specifics that you'd like to share (either here or > offlist) then I'll make a point of looking into it. > > Thanks > Sharan > > On 12/01/17 14:12, Jan Lehnardt wrote: >> CouchDB Dev list & Sharan, >> >> I would not recommend attending FOSDEM. >> >> Their Code of Conduct is not up to modern standards (despite numerous >> attempts asking for improvement) and their past year’s incident handling has >> been sub-par to say the least. >> >> Your mileage my vary. >> >> Best >> Jan >> -- >> >> >>> On 12 Jan 2017, at 13:12, Sharan F <sha...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Everyone >>> >>> This email is to tell you about ASF participation at FOSDEM. The event will >>> be held in Brussels on 4^th & 5^th February 2017 and we are hoping that >>> many people from our ASF projects will be there. >>> >>> https://fosdem.org/2017/ >>> >>> Attending FOSDEM is completely free and the ASF will again be running a >>> booth there. Our main focus will on talking to people about the ASF, our >>> projects and communities. >>> >>> *_Why Attend FOSDEM?_* >>> Some reasons for attending FOSDEM are: >>> >>> 1. Promoting your project: FOSDEM has up to 4-5000 attendees so is a >>> great place to spread the word about your project >>> 2. Learning, participating and meeting up: FOSDEM is a developers >>> conference so includes presentations covering a range of >>> technologies and includes lots of topic specific devrooms >>> >>> _*FOSDEM Wiki *_ >>> A page on the Community Development wiki has been created with the main >>> details about our involvement at conference, so please take a look >>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COMDEV/FOSDEM+2017 >>> >>> If you would like to spend some time on the ASF booth promoting your >>> project then please sign up on the FOSDEM wiki page. Initially we would >>> like to split this into slots of 3-4 hours but this will depend on the >>> number of projects that are represented. >>> >>> We are also looking for volunteers to help out on the booth over the 2 days >>> of the conference, so if you are going to be there and are willing to help >>> then please add your name to the volunteer list. >>> >>> _*Project Stickers*_ >>> If you are going to be at FOSDEM and do not have any project stickers to >>> give away then we may (budget permitting) be able to help you get some >>> printed. Please contact me with your requirements. >>> >>> _*Social Event*_ >>> Some people have asked about organising an ASF social event / meetup during >>> the conference. This is possible but we will need know how many people are >>> interested and which date works best. The FOSDEM wiki page also contains an >>> 'Arrival / Departure' section so so please add your details if you would >>> like to participate. >>> >>> I hope this helps people see some of the advantages of attending FOSDEM and >>> we are looking forward to seeing lots of people there from our ASF >>> communities. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Sharan >>> >>> Apache Community Development >>> http://community.apache.org/ >> >> -- >> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB: >> https://neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/ >> > -- Professional Support for Apache CouchDB: https://neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
