<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Just a quick FYI, the Python community have massively "upped their game" by making proactive statements for how to be *inclusive* aka anti-patterns in diversity.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://youtu.be/Xg1LgSg3pmo">https://youtu.be/Xg1LgSg3pmo</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Also worth noting is how Psychologists help people on the autism/aspergers/ahdh/etc spectrum by giving them default "checklists" for what neuro-typical responses should occur prior to addressing their personal primary logical concern:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.autism.org.uk/socialskills">http://www.autism.org.uk/socialskills</a></font><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">^^easy to forget sometimes ;-)</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="">Kind Regards,</div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="">Flanders</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Lauren Sell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lauren@openstack.org" target="_blank">lauren@openstack.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi Michael,<div><br></div><div>I made a few updates to the modified version in the etherpad:</div><div><br></div><div>- Added back in the “respect the election process” bullet, because it’s important that we be explicit about elections in the CoC</div><div>- Added the reporting guidelines, based very closely on the process we developed for the Summit (with help from the Ada Initiative and based on the Python conference CoC a few years ago)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/CoC" target="_blank">https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/CoC</a></div><div><br></div><div>We have 10 minutes on the agenda at the June 28th board meeting to discuss, which means we should ideally get proposed updates in front of the board to preview as soon as possible. </div><div><br></div><div>I think this version is ready to socialize for community feedback on a broader mailing list. I know the Diversity Committee was interested in the project and primarily uses the Foundation mailing list, so that seems like the best forum for them to also weigh in.</div><div><br></div><div>Would you like to take the lead or would you prefer I send it out?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Lauren</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br></div><div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 16, 2016, at 5:51 PM, Lauren Sell <<a href="mailto:lauren@openstack.org" target="_blank">lauren@openstack.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div>
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<div><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em">Hi Michael,</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em">Sorry I missed your email last
week while I was traveling. The next steps you mentioned sound good to me,
and you should feel empowered to move forward. I'm out of the office
tomorrow but can dig into the outstanding details around reporting protocol
next week. </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em">Like you said, I think the next
steps are to socialize the edits with the community (probably foundation
and community mailing lists) and then present the updated version to the
board for approval. I'm happy to help arrange the latter, and will reach
out now to see if there's room in the june 28th meeting.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em">Thanks for pushing on this. I
agree it's important to get across the finish line!</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em">Thanks,<br>
Lauren<br><br></p>
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<div><p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:10pt 0px">On
June 16, 2016 5:19:51 PM Michael Krotscheck <<a href="mailto:krotscheck@gmail.com" target="_blank">krotscheck@gmail.com</a>>
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<div dir="ltr">Hey everyone!<br><br>I've reached out to Lauren and
Cindy on this issue to offer my help but haven't gotten a response.
Given the tricky nature of gender discrimination, I don't feel
comfortable (as a white male) taking on this work without their guidance,
as it is likely to negatively impact its legitimacy. I'm sensitive to
that "Male Privilege swoop-in-and-take-over" thing, so I'll
leave it in the capable hands of Lauren and Cindy. <br><span style="line-height:1.5"><br></span><div><span style="color:rgb(38,50,56);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:16px">I
support this effort and what it means for the community but started this
discussion because it looked like this important work might be stalling,
but maybe it's just that I don't know where to look for the next
steps & how I can help.</span><span style="line-height:1.5"> Could
someone direct me to where I can follow along in the discussions and maybe
participate when I'm able to find the time between my other projects?
This is really important to the community and I don't want to lose
track of what's going on here.</span><div><div><br>Thanks!<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Michael Krotscheck</div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, May 6,
2016 at 3:00 PM Matt Jarvis <<a href="mailto:matt.jarvis@datacentred.co.uk" target="_blank">matt.jarvis@datacentred.co.uk</a>>
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">that's sad to hear Doug, 2 is definitely 2 too many. What do
you think the drivers are for that kind of behaviour - are there cultural
elements involved or is it just purely inappropriate behaviour in your
experience ? </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On
6 May 2016 at 22:51, Doug Hellmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:doug@doughellmann.com" target="_blank">doug@doughellmann.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Excerpts
from Matt Jarvis's message of 2016-05-06 22:24:55 +0100:<br>
<span>> I have to say that I've never seen any of that kind of
behaviour in my time<br>
> in the community, which is not to say it might not be happening
elsewhere.<br>
> As we become a global community though, with all our brilliant
cultural<br>
> differences as human beings, it is probably a good idea to set the<br>
> acceptable parameters in terms of how we interact with each other.<br>
<br>
</span>I'm personally aware of at least 2 episodes of harassment
against women<br>
at our summit events. So, yes, this is a problem in our community.<br>
<br>
Thanks, Michael, for picking up the work to finish the CoC updates.<br>
<span><font color="#888888"><br>
Doug<br>
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> On 6 May 2016 at 22:02, Jonathan Proulx <<a href="mailto:jon@csail.mit.edu" target="_blank">jon@csail.mit.edu</a>>
wrote:<br>
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> > Hi Michael,<br>
> ><br>
> > Good points. We should probably reach out to the Diversity
Working<br>
> > Group for their input <a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Diversity" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Diversity</a><br>
> ><br>
> > I'm not particularly familiar with other organization's
codes of<br>
> > conduct or more importantly how they have worked in practice.<br>
> ><br>
> > Do you have any suggestions for models to emulate (or avoid)?<br>
> ><br>
> > -Jon<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > On Fri, May 06, 2016 at 08:47:20PM +0000, Michael Krotscheck
wrote:<br>
> > :Hello everyone-<br>
> > :<br>
> > :OpenStack's Code of Conduct does not have an explicit
discrimination<br>
> > :clause, nor does it have any mention of what constitutes
harassment.<br>
> > :<br>
> > :<a href="https://www.openstack.org/legal/community-code-of-conduct/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.openstack.org/legal/community-code-of-conduct/</a><br>
> > :<br>
> > :There've been quite a few flashpoints recently, where
individuals acting<br>
> > :inside of other open source communities have engaged in
allegedly racist,<br>
> > :sexist, and other discriminatory behavior, to the detriment and
loss of<br>
> > :their peer contributors. I personally feel that it is only a
matter of<br>
> > time<br>
> > :before something similar happens inside of our community (if it
hasn't<br>
> > :already), and I strongly believe we should decide how we, as a
community,<br>
> > :should react should something like this happen, before it
actually does.<br>
> > :<br>
> > :I've spoken to a member of the Board of Directors, and their<br>
> > recommendation<br>
> > :was that the user committee take on this task, and make a
recommendation<br>
> > to<br>
> > :the Board and the Foundation.<br>
> > :<br>
> > :My personal opinion is that a zero-tolerance policy may not be
effective,<br>
> > :as it provides little opportunity for correction, education, and<br>
> > :redemption. Even so, a policy that does not have teeth will be
little more<br>
> > :than lip service.<br>
> > :<br>
> > :Michael Krotscheck<br>
> ><br>
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