On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 9:04 AM Weinstein, Michael <weinstein...@osu.edu> wrote:
> Rules of conduct (RoC) and Centerfold. > This discussion isn't really about Centerfold, but you do bring up some points that I would like to address. Yes, enforcing a CoC does take some effort, but I believe it is part of the work of running a modern convention. CenterFold is already doing the work, according to John, because he has handled every complaint he has received in the past (apparently mostly minor class disruptions, as I understand it). This just formalizes and structures the process and, potentially, lets the work be delegated to other people instead of requiring the attention of the main organizers. I would also note that the level of effort needed to manage this process for a convention of a couple hundred people for a weekend is not the same as a university setting with tens of thousands of students, faculty, and staff. > This is what the volunteers of Centerfold have been asked to do. And I > will note that *no where* have I seen even one person volunteer to write > said RoC and/or implement it at Centerfold. I for one don’t want to go > anywhere near it. You can wind up in the middle of things you don’t want > to be in the middle of. > There has been a lot of discussion and it may be easy to miss, but one of the first responses in this discussion was from Carol Martinson who cited her experience with writing CoCs for the library she worked for and offered to specifically help Centerfold write one. John Scully then replied that he was interested in taking her up on that offer. Search your email for the subject line "CoC - Volunteering Offer". I am pretty sure that other people would have been happy to help create sooner if their requests for and questions about a CoC at Centerfold had been met with more than scorn, derision, and stonewalling. In my email discussion with John that started in Sept. 2019, that is what I was trying to do. As far as for implementing and executing a CoC at Centerfold, at least one person in the facebook discussion volunteered to be part of a group that would receive incident reports and manage the process. I am sure that a convention with adequate goodwill and social capital could find other people willing to help because they consider this an important and worthwhile effort. It is also a way that people can volunteer to help regardless of how far from an event they happen to live. I, for one, would be willing to act as such a volunteer at a convention that I felt welcomed to attend. Unfortunately, Centerfold may have squandered some of its goodwill and social capital already. > Says me if we can’t have a gathering of adults for one weekend without the > expectation that everyone can be civil to everyone, we just shouldn’t do > it. My enthusiasm for Origami conventions has taken a *BIG* nosedive over > this. > That is a shame. Says me if we can't have a reasonable, published set of ground rules for an event and a way of managing the outcomes, we just shouldn't have the event. malachi >
