Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G North America Announcements

2013-01-16 Thread Newcomb, Doug
It's been a topic for controversy at some other open source software events. I've not seen it as an issue at any of the FOSS4G events that I have attended, but I think it's a good idea to have such a policy in place. Doug On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Dave Patton da...@confluence.org wrote:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G North America Announcements

2013-01-16 Thread Jeff McKenna
DaveP, There have been no specific problems at FOSS4G events but I support the FOSS4G-NA's initiative for diversity and harassment-free policies. -jeff On 13-01-16 12:56 AM, Dave Patton wrote: David et al: I have no issue with the Harassment Policy, but I am curious as to it's origin.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G North America Announcements

2013-01-16 Thread David William Bitner
Dave, As indicated by Jeff and Doug, this has not been an issue at any previous FOSS4G event. What has been an issue has been the diversity that we have been able to bring into both our community and our events. We are still a predominantly White European/US/Canadian male community. There has

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G North America Announcements

2013-01-16 Thread Margherita Di Leo
Hi, On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 5:58 PM, David William Bitner bit...@dbspatial.comwrote: Dave, As indicated by Jeff and Doug, this has not been an issue at any previous FOSS4G event. What has been an issue has been the diversity that we have been able to bring into both our community and our