FWIW, the current Sugar Labs code of conduct is available in the wiki here:
https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Legal/Code_of_Conduct And translated into Spanish here: http://co.sugarlabs.org/go/C%C3%B3digo_de_Conducta @Laura, maybe you could explain why you think the current code of conduct is insufficient as regards harassment? regards. -walter On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Laura Vargas <la...@somosazucar.org> wrote: > > Hello all, Hola a todos, > > [Thanks in advance to volunteer translators of this message] > > I would like to propose a Motion for: "The Sugar Labs Code of Conduct to > include the Geek Feminism Community anti-harassment Policy > <http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Community_anti-harassment/Policy> and > to dispose resources (if needed) for the complete text to be translated to > Sugar supported languages. This Policy contemplates the existence of a > RESPONSE TEAM and defining a way and procedure to contact them. > > Hope to hear opinions and feedback from all Sugar Labs members. > > Hopefully volunteers to integrate the RESPONSE TEAM. > > According to Geek Feminism > <http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Geek_Feminism_Wiki> anti-harassment > Policy, harassment includes: > > - Offensive comments related to gender, gender identity and > expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, > neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, age, race, or religion. > - Unwelcome comments regarding a person’s lifestyle choices and > practices, including those related to food, health, parenting, drugs, and > employment. > - Deliberate misgendering or use of ‘dead’ or rejected names. > - Gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behaviour in spaces where > they’re not appropriate. > - Physical contact and simulated physical contact (eg, textual > descriptions like “*hug*” or “*backrub*”) without consent or after a > request to stop. > - Threats of violence. > - Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging > a person to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm. > - Deliberate intimidation. > - Stalking or following. > - Harassing photography or recording, including logging online > activity for harassment purposes. > - Sustained disruption of discussion. > - Unwelcome sexual attention. > - Pattern of inappropriate social contact, such as requesting/assuming > inappropriate levels of intimacy with others > - Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease. > - Deliberate “outing” of any aspect of a person’s identity without > their consent except as necessary to protect vulnerable people from > intentional abuse. > - Publication of non-harassing private communication. > > <quote> > Anti-harassment policy text Shorter version > > COMMUNITY NAME is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for > everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual > orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, age, race, or > religion. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. > > This code of conduct applies to all COMMUNITY NAME spaces, including > [list, eg "our mailing lists and IRC channel"], both online and off. Anyone > who violates this code of conduct may be sanctioned or expelled from these > spaces at the discretion of the RESPONSE TEAM. > > Some COMMUNITY NAME spaces may have additional rules in place, which will > be made clearly available to participants. Participants are responsible for > knowing and abiding by these rules. > Longer version > > COMMUNITY NAME is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for > everyone. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. > > This code of conduct applies to all COMMUNITY NAME spaces, including [give > a list of your spaces, eg "our mailing lists and IRC channel"], both online > and off. Anyone who violates this code of conduct may be sanctioned or > expelled from these spaces at the discretion of the RESPONSE TEAM. > > Some COMMUNITY NAME spaces may have additional rules in place, which will > be made clearly available to participants. Participants are responsible for > knowing and abiding by these rules. > > Harassment includes: > > - Offensive comments related to gender, gender identity and > expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, > neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, age, race, or religion. > - Unwelcome comments regarding a person’s lifestyle choices and > practices, including those related to food, health, parenting, drugs, and > employment. > - Deliberate misgendering or use of ‘dead’ or rejected names. > - Gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behaviour in spaces where > they’re not appropriate. > - Physical contact and simulated physical contact (eg, textual > descriptions like “*hug*” or “*backrub*”) without consent or after a > request to stop. > - Threats of violence. > - Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging > a person to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm. > - Deliberate intimidation. > - Stalking or following. > - Harassing photography or recording, including logging online > activity for harassment purposes. > - Sustained disruption of discussion. > - Unwelcome sexual attention. > - Pattern of inappropriate social contact, such as requesting/assuming > inappropriate levels of intimacy with others > - Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease. > - Deliberate “outing” of any aspect of a person’s identity without > their consent except as necessary to protect vulnerable people from > intentional abuse. > - Publication of non-harassing private communication. > > COMMUNITY NAME prioritizes marginalized people’s safety over privileged > people’s comfort. RESPONSE TEAM reserves the right not to act on complaints > regarding: > > - ‘Reverse’ -isms, including ‘reverse racism,’ ‘reverse sexism,’ and > ‘cisphobia’ > - Reasonable communication of boundaries, such as “leave me alone,” > “go away,” or “I’m not discussing this with you.” > - Communicating in a ‘tone’ you don’t find congenial > - Criticizing racist, sexist, cissexist, or otherwise oppressive > behavior or assumptions > > Reporting > > If you are being harassed by a member of COMMUNITY NAME, notice that > someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact > the RESPONSE TEAM at [email address or other contact point]. If the person > who is harassing you is on the team, they will recuse themselves from > handling your incident. We will respond as promptly as we can. > > This code of conduct applies to COMMUNITY NAME spaces, but if you are > being harassed by a member of COMMUNITY NAME outside our spaces, we still > want to know about it. We will take all good-faith reports of harassment by > COMMUNITY NAME members, especially LEADERSHIP TEAM, seriously. This > includes harassment outside our spaces and harassment that took place at > any point in time. The abuse team reserves the right to exclude people from > COMMUNITY NAME based on their past behavior, including behavior outside > COMMUNITY NAME spaces and behavior towards people who are not in COMMUNITY > NAME. > > In order to protect volunteers from abuse and burnout, we reserve the > right to reject any report we believe to have been made in bad faith. > Reports intended to silence legitimate criticism may be deleted without > response. > > We will respect confidentiality requests for the purpose of protecting > victims of abuse. At our discretion, we may publicly name a person about > whom we’ve received harassment complaints, or privately warn third parties > about them, if we believe that doing so will increase the safety of > COMMUNITY NAME members or the general public. We will not name harassment > victims without their affirmative consent. > Consequences > > Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply > immediately. > > If a participant engages in harassing behavior, RESPONSE TEAM may take any > action they deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion from all > COMMUNITY NAME spaces and identification of the participant as a harasser > to other COMMUNITY NAME members or the general public. > License and attribution > > This policy is licensed under the Creative Commons Zero license > <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/> . It is *public > domain**, *no credit and no open licencing of your version is required. > > If you would like to optionally attribute it, you could use the below text > and link to http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Community_anti-harassment: > This anti-harassment policy is based on the example policy from the Geek > Feminism wiki, created by the Geek Feminism community. > > The policy is based on the conference anti-harassment policy > <http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment/Policy>, > and is the work of Annalee Flower Horne with assistance from Valerie > Aurora, Alex Skud Bayley, Tim Chevalier, and Mary Gardiner. > > </quote> > > Regards, > -- > Laura V. > * I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org* > > “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.” > ~ L. Victoria > > Happy Learning! > #LearningByDoing > #Projects4good > #IDesignATSugarLabs > #WeCanDoBetter > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org>
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