Tom, I think that a per-conference policy is a very good thing, but wouldn't it make sense to have an organization-wide policy that lays out a framework for non-events as well?
Thanks for the links, also. I've read some of those, but not all. Do you think that a policy as such should spell out "if this then this happens"? It seems like doing that would leave lots of potential for the cases that we'd never think to cover, but I'm interested in other viewpoints. --Matt On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Tom Limoncelli <[email protected]> wrote: > It's been my experience that "incident handling" is one of the most > important parts of this kind of policy. If something does happen, > nothing hurts the situation more (and can damage the organization's > reputation) than board members doing well-meaning but conflicting > things. As we've seen in some famous examples, things get messed up > irreparably in the first few hours when the board is slow to react or > puts forth a mixed message. > > Assuming that all incidents can be prevented is like believing a > anti-virus product means you don't need to plan for a security > problem. (not that anyone on this list has said that yet) > > That said... constructing this kind of policy is really really > difficult. There are hidden trips and traps all along the way, as > well as legal issues people generally wouldn't have though of. > > Luckily someone's already done the work for us by making a really > excellent template:* > Announcement: > > http://geekfeminism.org/2010/11/29/get-your-conference-anti-harassment-policy-here/ > Template: > http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment/Policy > > Also I recommend that people working on setting up such a policy read > the stories about past incidents to understand what it looks like when > things go well and when things go badly: (the first 3 are most > relevant) > http://lwn.net/Articles/417952/ > http://blog.nerdchic.net/archives/418/ > > http://geekfeminism.org/2011/10/13/on-being-harassed-a-little-gf-history-and-some-current-events/ > http://geekfeminism.org/2010/11/07/noirins-hell-of-a-time/ > > http://blog.valerieaurora.org/2010/12/02/an-inside-look-at-being-a-women-in-open-source/ > http://blog.valerieaurora.org/2010/11/08/its-not-just-noirin/ > > Tom > > * Those "someone's" include Esther Filderman andBeth Lynn Eicher who > are both LOPSA people. > > -- > http://EverythingSysadmin.com -- my blog > http://www.TomOnTime.com -- my videos > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > -- LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating process.
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