Thanks, I'll try to rmember -- when we've finished -- I suspect we have a ways to go. kc On 12/3/12 6:08 AM, Andreas Orphanides wrote: > 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 >>> -- >>> Karen Coyle >>> [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net >>> ph: 1-510-540-7596 >>> m: 1-510-435-8234 >>> skype: kcoylenet >> >> >> -- >> Cary Gordon >> The Cherry Hill Company >> http://chillco.com >> -- Karen Coyle [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet