hi,
On 02/21/2014 10:31 AM, Rejy M Cyriac wrote:
I fully agree with Andreas in everything he mentioned above.
me too
I agree that it should not be given prominent advertising at the venue. It just needs a mention anywhere (a sort of terms and conditions), when folks sign-up for the Dojo. It is not meant to be aggressive, or to deter people, but to function as a fall-back mechanism just in case things do go wrong. We cannot be too careful about racism and gender issues these days, in many places around the globe.
To a large extent this is as much about what to do and howto handle things should they go south.
I've been to a fair few conferences and havent noticed or heard of anything that might need to be addressed in this manner - but then I dont do many conferences in the US where this has been a much bigger problem - having said that, creating a fair and reasonable environment for everyone to come and attend/present at a gathering should be the norm, and I dont see any harm in setting a baseline expectation. And one that is common across the board for everyone, everywhere.
Plus, it seems that its almost fashionable to have a code of conduct and everyone is expected to have one. We could sum it up with a 'dont be an idiot', but then definitions of idiot might vary and are subject to viewpoints - so we need a bit more verbage to quantify it :)