+1, of course :)

You might wish to consider some further derivatives/related pages:
    http://www.diglib.org/about/code-of-conduct/
    http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy
    https://thestrangeloop.com/about/policies
    http://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/anti-harassment.html

Rob



On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Mariner, Matthew <
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> +1 for all of the below
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> Matthew C. Mariner
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> On 11/26/12 3:51 PM, "Tom Cramer" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >+1 for Bess's motion
> >+1 for Roy's expansion to C4L online interactions as well as face to face
> >+1 for Karen's focus on general inclusivity and fair play
> >
> >> For me the hardest thing is how one monitors and resolves issues that
> >>arise. As a group with no formal management, I suppose the conference
> >>organizers become the "deciders" if such a necessity arises. If it's
> >>elsewhere (email, IRC) -- that's a bit trickier. The Ada project's
> >>detailed guides should help, but if there is a policy it seems that
> >>there necessarily has to be some responsible "body" -- even if ad hoc.
> >
> >
> >It seems to me that there would be tremendous benefit in having
> >
> >1.) an explicit statement of the community norms around harassment and
> >fair play in general. In the best case, this would help avoid
> >uncomfortable or inappropriate situations before they occur.
> >
> >2.) a defined process for handling any incidents that do arise, which in
> >the case of this community I would imagine would revolve around
> >reporting, communication, negotiation and arbitration rather than
> >adjudication by a standing body (which I agree is hard to see in this
> >crowd). I know several high schools have adopted peer arbitration
> >networks for conflict resolution rather than referring incidents to the
> >Principal's Office--perhaps therein lies a model for us for any incidents
> >that may not be resolved simply through dialogue.
> >
> >- Tom
> >
> >
> >
> >On Nov 26, 2012, at 2:32 PM, Karen Coyle wrote:
> >
> >> Bess and Code4libbers,
> >>
> >> I've only been to one c4l conference and it was a very positive
> >>experience for me, but I also feel that this is too valuable of a
> >>community for us to risk it getting itself into crisis mode over some
> >>unintended consequences or a "bad apple" incident. For that reason I
> >>would support the adoption of an anti-harassment policy in part for its
> >>consciousness-raising value. Ideally this would be not only about sexual
> >>harassment but would include general goals for inclusiveness and fair
> >>play within the community. And it would also serve as an acknowledgment
> >>that none of us is perfect, but we can deal with it.
> >>
> >> For me the hardest thing is how one monitors and resolves issues that
> >>arise. As a group with no formal management, I suppose the conference
> >>organizers become the "deciders" if such a necessity arises. If it's
> >>elsewhere (email, IRC) -- that's a bit trickier. The Ada project's
> >>detailed guides should help, but if there is a policy it seems that
> >>there necessarily has to be some responsible "body" -- even if ad hoc.
> >>
> >> kc
> >>
> >>
> >> On 11/26/12 2:16 PM, Bess Sadler wrote:
> >>> Dear Fellow Code4libbers,
> >>>
> >>> I hope I am not about to get flamed. Please take as context that I
> >>>have been a member of this community for almost a decade. I have
> >>>contributed software, support, and volunteer labor to this community's
> >>>events. I have also attended the majority of code4lib conferences,
> >>>which have been amazing and life-changing, and have helped me do my job
> >>>a lot better. But, and I've never really known how to talk about this,
> >>>those conferences have also been problematic for me a couple of times.
> >>>Nothing like what happened to Noirin Shirley at ApacheCon (see
> >>>http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Noirin_Shirley_ApacheCon_incident if
> >>>you're unfamiliar with the incident I mean) but enough to concern me
> >>>that even in a wonderful community where we mostly share the same
> >>>values, not everyone has the same definitions of acceptable behavior.
> >>>
> >>> I am watching the toxic fallout from the BritRuby conference
> >>>cancellation with a heavy heart (go search for "britruby conference
> >>>cancelled" if you want to catch up and/or get depressed). It has me
> >>>wondering what more we could be doing to promote diversity and
> >>>inclusiveness within code4lib. We have already had a couple of
> >>>harassment incidents over the years, which I won't rehash here, which
> >>>have driven away members of our community. We have also had other
> >>>incidents that don't get talked about because sometimes one can feel
> >>>that membership in a community is more important than one's personal
> >>>boundaries or even safety. We should not be a community where people
> >>>have to make that choice.
> >>>
> >>> I would like for us to consider adopting an anti-harassment policy for
> >>>code4lib conferences. This is emerging as a best practice in the larger
> >>>open source software community, and we would be joining the ranks of
> >>>many other conferences:
> >>>http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment/Adoption.
> >>>The Ada Initiative has a great discussion of why adopting an
> >>>Anti-Harrassment policy is a good choice for a conference to make, as
> >>>well as some example policy statements, here:
> >>>http://adainitiative.org/what-we-do/conference-policies/ Here is a
> >>>summary:
> >>>
> >>>> Why have an official anti-harassment policy for your conference?
> >>>>First, it is necessary (unfortunately). Harassment at conferences is
> >>>>incredibly common - for example, see this timeline
> >>>>(http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/index.php?title=Timeline_of_incidents)
> >>>>of sexist incidents in geek communities. Second, it sets expectations
> >>>>for behavior at the conference. Simply having an anti-harassment
> >>>>policy can prevent harassment all by itself. Third, it encourages
> >>>>people to attend who have had bad experiences at other conferences.
> >>>>Finally, it gives conference staff instructions on how to handle
> >>>>harassment quickly, with the minimum amount of disruption or bad press
> >>>>for your conference.
> >>> If the conference already has something like this in place, and I'm
> >>>just uninformed, please educate me and let's do a better job
> >>>publicizing it.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for considering this suggestion. If the answer is the usual
> >>>code4lib answer (some variation on "Great idea! How are you going to
> >>>make that happen?") then I hereby nominate myself as a member of the
> >>>Anti-Harrassment Policy Adoption committee for the code4lib conference.
> >>>Would anyone else like to join me?
> >>>
> >>> Bess Sadler
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> >>> Manager, Application Development
> >>> Digital Library Systems & Services
> >>> Stanford University Library
> >>
> >> --
> >> Karen Coyle
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