On 02/21/2014 04:24 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > 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 :) > We could have that on T-shirt - "Don't be an idiot!" ...though it carries the risk of being completed with "like me/you" :-P - rejy (rmc)