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Excerpts from Matt Jarvis's message of 2016-05-06 22:24:55 +0100:
> 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.

I'm personally aware of at least 2 episodes of harassment against women
at our summit events. So, yes, this is a problem in our community.

Thanks, Michael, for picking up the work to finish the CoC updates.

Doug

> 
> 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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