On 02/21/2014 03:55 PM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: > On 02/21/2014 12:22 PM, 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 > Me too, I've never ever heard of issues or even of the existence of a > code of conduct at conferences in UE. > > I fully agree with Andreas in everything he mentioned above. > > Manuel > > 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. - rejy (rmc)