Re: [CREATE] LGM 2014 T-Shirt

2014-04-10 Thread guerrier
T-shits are already made. http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/lgm2014-ocean-blue/ I would like wear one, though I didn't attend the meeting. On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Kẏra k...@gnu.org wrote: I hope that any such t-shirts would be sourced from worker-owned cooperatives and not

Re: [CREATE] [LGM] LGM 2014 T-Shirt

2014-04-10 Thread ale rimoldi
hi guerrier T-shits are already made. http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/lgm2014-ocean-blue/ I would like wear one, though I didn't attend the meeting. On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Kẏra k...@gnu.org wrote: I hope that any such t-shirts would be sourced from worker-owned

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-04-10 Thread Susan Spencer
I think that many people by now have heard that there has been prolonged harassment in the LGM community which continued into the LGM 2014 conference at Leipzig. This harassment reached a peak with physical assault in an elevator, and there is a witness to the assault. The University of Leipzig

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-04-10 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Definitely sad news, yet unsurprising. Without a CoC then what to do is for me uncertain, as you say. The coc meeting you describe is as I would expect though - I thought it was to be a prelude to a CoC for 2015+, not to parachute one in to an event in progress, despite the need for that on

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-04-10 Thread Simon Budig
Susan Spencer (susan.spen...@gmail.com) wrote: The University of Leipzig and the LGM sponsors have not been notified that there was harassment and assault during the conference. [...] We have a clear irrefutable example of this in our own community. It saddens me to hear that. I hope that

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-04-10 Thread Femke Snelting
Are there notes from the meeting? See this thread: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/create/2014-April/004897.html Meeting notes: http://piratepad.net/LGM2014conduct F I think that many people by now have heard that there has been prolonged harassment in the LGM community which

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-04-10 Thread Tobias Ellinghaus
Am Donnerstag, 10. April 2014, 16:57:18 schrieb Susan Spencer: I think that many people by now have heard that there has been prolonged harassment in the LGM community which No, please elaborate. I guess a discussion can only happen if everyone has the same level of information. continued

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-04-10 Thread Susan Spencer
Attendees of a conference should have reasonable assurance of their safety. On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 7:54 PM, Tobias Ellinghaus h...@gmx.de wrote: Am Donnerstag, 10. April 2014, 16:57:18 schrieb Susan Spencer: I think that many people by now have heard that there has been prolonged

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-04-10 Thread Dave Crossland
On 10 Apr 2014 19:55, Tobias Ellinghaus h...@gmx.de wrote: two equal opponents That abstract concept is a fallacy. It's a mirage. It never occurs in reality. Power is always at play and has many forms. No opponents are equal, each of us has our strengths and weaknesses. Susan's email

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-04-10 Thread María Leandro
Hello all. Just trying to help here, so if my comment raise any susceptibility please forgive me. As someone who lives in a region where a CoC is completely useless, and someone who has been sexually harassed at different conferences, I must agree that there are different types of harassment,

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-04-10 Thread Gregory Pittman
On 04/10/2014 02:08 PM, Susan Spencer wrote: Attendees of a conference should have reasonable assurance of their safety. I am certainly in agreement with a Code of Conduct. At the same time, one must realize that a Code of Conduct does not necessarily prevent incidents, it only specifies how

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-04-10 Thread Gregory Pittman
On 04/10/2014 07:36 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: On 10 April 2014 23:26, María Leandro tata...@gmail.com wrote: from the point of view of a victim In the January discussion, it was suggested that all CoC documents be phrased positively rather than negatively, and many people voiced support for