2011/5/18 Matt Barringer
Honestly, I don't understand why this is an issue. If there's no downside to having a policy, why not have one?
I think there is no issue in having a policy for this, even if I believe that in real cases of harassment the conference organizers can clearly act, policy or not, and there are laws to protect people from it. The policy sounds to me more of a way to reassure who participates, and to tell them "we care". What seems to be an issue is that it is decided to have a policy, and then the details are discussed. This leads to the usual endless discussion that makes an important topic degenerate in something of no use. It happened many times in the past with other important topics (see strategy, goals of the project, ...), and since the people around is always the same, the attitude did not change. Anyway, since the policy is perceived as a need by the organizers of the conference, they could have simply formulated one and used it. The policy will affect anyway a small percentage of the people reading this mailing list (who goes to the conference), and honestly there is no point in discussing it publicly, since it is wanted, and they have all the rights to want it, by the organizers of the conference, and they are going to have one anyway. Best, A. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org