Hey folks, Recently on the Geek Feminism blog there have been some posts about their recent adoption of a community anti-harassment policy [1, 2, 3]. This differs from their model conference anti-harassment policy (which is awesome and which I seem to recall is one of the bases for our own conference policy) in that it applies to the community as a whole and its associated community activities (in GF-land, this includes things like their blog, wikis, internal organizational groups, etc.). I thought I'd broach the subject here -- should we adopt a similar policy, or at least initiate such a conversation? Even given the limited degree to which Code4Lib exists as a "thing" (pretty much the listserv, the wiki, and the main website) it seems likely that someone has experienced harassment in a sphere outside the conference; and if not, it's likely it will happen some day. It seems like it would be good to have something in place that outlines our values and expectations in this space. Have other folks thought about this or discussed it at all? Has a similar conversation occurred that I missed? (If so, I apologize for overlooking it!) What questions do we need to address to think about what will work best for our community? What opinions do people have on the value of such a document? One potential challenge that exists for C4L is its lack of formal structure. GF has an Anti-Abuse Team and other standing entities that provide structure and continuity to the ongoing existence of the community. Code4Lib has always avoided having any continuous, formal structures or bylaws of this sort, and in general the community seems to value its relatively anarchic state. But it might be hard to reconcile our lack of formal organizational structure with such a document, especially if/when it comes time to enforce the policy. (I don't know if that's a valid justification for not having a policy though!) -dre. [1] http://geekfeminism.org/about/code-of-conduct/ [2] http://geekfeminism.org/2014/06/25/announcing-our-code-of-conduct/ [3] http://geekfeminism.org/2014/06/30/is-harassment-in-your-community-unwelcome-adopt-a-community-anti-harassment-policy/