To agree with several others: it would be a serious problem to declare
discussions of sexual harassment off-topic, in this or any other forum.
Jim
On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 7:38 PM Mike Giarlo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Code4Lib has always been home both to technical and social conversations
> (and everything in between). The mailing list blurb may not effectively
> convey this, but this has been true for over 12-13 years in my experience.
> Discussions of what Code4Libbers can do to increase awareness of sexual
> harassment in our world is *not* off-topic.
>
> What is off-topic, and off-base, is some of the inappropriate ad hominem
> remarks in this thread that may have a chilling effect on the discussion.
> We all play a part in making Code4Lib a welcoming place, and I'm sorry that
> not all of us have lived up to that.
>
>
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> From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Edward
> Almasy <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Note [administratativia]
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> On Jul 2, 2019, at 1:03pm, Monica Westin <[log in to unmask]>
> quoted:
> > *This mailing list provides a forum for discussion all things relating
> to programming code for libraries. This is a place to discuss particular
> programming languages, but also provides a place to discuss the issues of
> programming in libraries in general*
>
> I think discussion about sexual harassment issues is crucial, in the
> library world and throughout our society, but it seems to me a stretch to
> construe the above as having been intended to include it.
>
> One solution, used by some other communities, would be to create a new
> "sister" list, named something like CODE4LIB-COMMUNITY, for discussion of
> non-technical topics important to the Code4Lib community.
>
> Ed
>
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