Karen, you should send this back to the Geek Feminism folks -- I am sure
they'd be interested in seeing your edits, and they also like to report on
orgs that have implemented such policies in general.

On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I prefer the tone and language in your version.
>
> kcoyle++
>
> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Karen Coyle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I did a somewhat radical edit of the policy. To me it sounded
> heavy-handed,
> > and I didn't think that we needed such in our community. I also want to
> > distinguish between "bloopers" that need correction and active
> harassment. A
> > lot of discriminatory language is unconscious but still should be gently
> > corrected. [1]
> >
> > I also don't think that these are "rules" -- a policy is a policy, and I
> > think rules is too strong a term.
> >
> > Because of the amount that I changed (and because I really wasn't sure
> what
> > would happen when I hit "save") these changes are still in my "fork":
> >
> > https://github.com/kcoyle/antiharassment-policy
> >
> > Let me know if I should commit it (and I'm assuming that's just a matter
> of
> > hitting the "commit" button).
> >
> > kc
> >
> > [1] It's from the 90's, but http://kcoyle.net/howhard.html has many
> examples
> >
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