Javier +1 for the PyCon model minimally edited so it suits MPUG. Today.
As for dealing with "infractions" it might be best to first think of ways to de-pressurise the situation. Not sure how - other than checklists which *must* be followed by whoever has the responsibility at the time.
But provided we all take pride in being a polite, friendly, tolerant, helpful bunch the checklists will never need to be used.
Cheers Mike On 10/03/2015 1:14 PM, Javier Candeira wrote:
Thanks, Tim. Sufficient to me and to the other organisers. We're all volunteers here. I suggested the Pycon CoC because we've all (individually, though not collectively as MPUG) been involved with Pycon, so we've all accepted the code at one point or another. TO me the exact wording matters less than the public commitment to a) zero tolerance for assholery and agression, and b) swift action, up to and including calling police if the situation escalates, in case stern words do not suffice. If we don't use the Pycon CoC, we should take a vote on which CoC to adopt. My vote is for "any". I really think the difference between those is negligible for our purpose. I'd rather optimise for getting it done by the end of the day, and moving on. J On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Tim Richardson <t...@growthpath.com.au <mailto:t...@growthpath.com.au>> wrote: FYI: Linus Torvalds just accepted a patch to the kernel, written apparently by around 60 kernel devs. It is extremely minimalist. That is something of a triumph. The people involved have called it Code of Conflict :) It represents a barely good enough code, but on the other hand it's easy to get really detailed. A code should be good enough to allow sufficient objectivity when enforcing which is actually cultural. "Sufficient" is up to you Javier, I think. http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/158-jim-zemlin/815318-on-the-linux-kernels-code-of-conflict and here is doc patch: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b0bc65729070b9cbdbb53ff042984a3c545a0e34 On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 7:51 PM, Javier Candeira <jav...@candeira.com <mailto:jav...@candeira.com>> wrote: Today, reading Kathy Levinson's powerful piece on sexism and whistleblowing [1], I've realised that MPUG doesn't have a Code of Conduct. [1] https://medium.com/@katylevinson/sexism-in-tech-don-t-ask-me-unless-you-re-ready-to-call-somebody-a-whistleblower-e5d545e547b0 Yeah, "we've never have had problems in the past" yada yada, but I've never had to file a police report for assault either, that doesn't mean laws on assault aren't needed. So I'd like to add a reference to a Code of Conduct to our wiki page, and to mention that the organisers will personally do our best to enforce it. I like Pycon's CoC [2], but it mentions Pycon and Linux Australia, which have nothing to do with us, except we're a Python User Group and  some of us also attend those... hardly a legal afiliation. I also like the Apache Foundationś CoC [3], though it's a bit too long. What the Pycon one loses in exhaustiveness, it gains in brevity. [2] http://2013.pycon-au.org/register/code_of_conduct [3] https://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/conduct.html I'd definitely much rather not have to write and maintain a CoC myself. Any idea of a clean "white-label" CoC that we can just link to? I know, lazy, but I'd like to get this done tonight. If no suggestion comes for a better solution, I'll add a line to the wiki stating that MPUG meetings are not ran by Pycon or Linux Australia, but its organisers adhere to Pycon's Code of Conduct in matters of civility and inclusivity. Cheers, Javier _______________________________________________ melbourne-pug mailing list melbourne-pug@python.org <mailto:melbourne-pug@python.org> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug -- *Tim Richardson, Director* GrowthPath, Data-driven profit growth Mobile: +61 423 091 732 <tel:%2B61%20423%20091%20732> Office: +61 3 8678 1850 <tel:%2B61%203%208678%201850> I tweet useful business & IT tips at growthpath_au GrowthPath Pty Ltd ABN 76 133 733 963 <http://www.growthpath.com.au/> _______________________________________________ melbourne-pug mailing list melbourne-pug@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug
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