[User-committee] Discrimination and the Code of Conduct

Matt Jarvis matt.jarvis at datacentred.co.uk
Fri May 6 21:24:55 UTC 2016


I have to say that I've never seen any of that kind of behaviour in my time
in the community, which is not to say it might not be happening elsewhere.
As we become a global community though, with all our brilliant cultural
differences as human beings, it is probably a good idea to set the
acceptable parameters in terms of how we interact with each other.

On 6 May 2016 at 22:02, Jonathan Proulx <jon at csail.mit.edu> wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> Good points.  We should probably reach out to the Diversity Working
> Group for their input https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Diversity
>
> I'm not particularly familiar with other organization's codes of
> conduct or more importantly how they have worked in practice.
>
> Do you have any suggestions for models to emulate (or avoid)?
>
> -Jon
>
>
> On Fri, May 06, 2016 at 08:47:20PM +0000, Michael Krotscheck wrote:
> :Hello everyone-
> :
> :OpenStack's Code of Conduct does not have an explicit discrimination
> :clause, nor does it have any mention of what constitutes harassment.
> :
> :https://www.openstack.org/legal/community-code-of-conduct/
> :
> :There've been quite a few flashpoints recently, where individuals acting
> :inside of other open source communities have engaged in allegedly racist,
> :sexist, and other discriminatory behavior, to the detriment and loss of
> :their peer contributors. I personally feel that it is only a matter of
> time
> :before something similar happens inside of our community (if it hasn't
> :already), and I strongly believe we should decide how we, as a community,
> :should react should something like this happen, before it actually does.
> :
> :I've spoken to a member of the Board of Directors, and their
> recommendation
> :was that the user committee take on this task, and make a recommendation
> to
> :the Board and the Foundation.
> :
> :My personal opinion is that a zero-tolerance policy may not be effective,
> :as it provides little opportunity for correction, education, and
> :redemption. Even so, a policy that does not have teeth will be little more
> :than lip service.
> :
> :Michael Krotscheck
>
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