On 5/9/11 3:32 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
Andreas Jaeger wrote:
On Monday, May 09, 2011 05:31:50 PM Jos Poortvliet wrote:
Hi all,
I'd like to have a code of conduct or anti-harassment policy at our conference, see for reasons my latest blog at http://blog.jospoortvliet.com
I made a draft: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Code_of_Conduct
Please, any input is more than welcome! But read before replying, there is a FAQ already so don't ask what is answered there ;-)
Jos, thanks a lot for doing this, this is indeed needed!
Btw. let me add two URLs that convinced me that we need such a policy: https://lwn.net/Articles/417952/ http://jezebel.com/5705980/women-fed-up-with-open-source-community-creeps
Andreas, I'm curious (really just curious, but I think it's important), why do you think our Guiding Principles are insufficient for this particular event?
In other lists which concern guiding open source communities, there *have* been real world situations where serious forms of harassment have taken place and community leaders are grappling with issue. So, Jos wisely has taken the lead in proposing some specifics with respect to the conference, which is face to face - not something which can be moderated like a forum or a mailing list. The Guiding Principals work for the online part of our interaction. I am unconvinced they are sufficient or specific enough for the conference. We can quibble with the semantics - not something I wish to pollute the list with. However, we need *something*. That something puts people on notice that certain kinds of behavior will not be tolerated. In the positive, it also indicates that we care do care about ensuring everyone has a supportive environment. Thanks again Jos for this effort! Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org