On 21/02/14 11:22, Andreas Rogge wrote: > Am 21.02.2014 07:17, schrieb Rejy M Cyriac: >> On 02/21/2014 02:13 AM, Joe Brockmeier wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> As we're ramping up planning for CentOS Dojos in 2014, it would be a >>> Good Idea to have a code of conduct/Anti-Harassment/Discrimination >>> Policy in place. I've taken the liberty of drafting a short one based on >>> the Linux Foundation's [1] policy. >>> >>> I trust that this is non-controversial, but I'm including the language >>> below in case we need to make any tweaks. We also need to decide who >>> will be the point of contact for any concerns (aside from the local >>> event staff). >>> >>> Thoughts, comments, flames? > > This seems to be mostly an issue in the USA or at least it isn't an > issue in Europe. I've been to several conferences in Europe and I > haven't ever heard of any issues concerning something like that and also > I haven't heard of any code of conduct. > I've heard there have been issues at conferences in the US. A code of > conduct might help, but we shouldn't advertise it too offensive. > It is okay if we have it and we can refer to it, but we shouldn't put it > on every door in 30pt or something like that. I think it would be > somewhat offending to advertise it in that way, because for me it > implies that you think I don't know how to behave properly. > > We *should* have clear guidelines and I'm glad to call them code of > conduct and we definitely should evict people who misbehave, but don't > put it on every wall > > Regards, > Andreas > Hi Andreas, I complete share your opinion/PoV. It's good to have some kind of "code of conduct" to mention to people when they register for an event/centos dojo, but as you said it too, we never had any issue during previous events/dojos. So my opinion would be the same as yours (mention it but don't "write it on every possible wall" :-) -- Fabian Arrotin gpg key: 56BEC54E | twitter: @arrfab