[Eg-oversight-board] Code of conduct or anti-harassment policy for Evergreen events

[Andrea Buntz Neiman]

Agreed on Rogan's point about concrete steps one can take vs. simply a 
condemnation of the behavior.

On 1/16/2014 11:09 AM, Rogan Hamby wrote:
> I think we can easily establish a policy from existing ones.  I do 
> have a preference for using language that gives clear steps for 
> conference participants to follow if they feel the policy is being 
> violated and not all policies have that.  I think it needs to be more 
> than a condemnation of the behavior to saying how it will be addressed.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com 
> <mailto:gmc at esilibrary.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     After some discussion with Kathy and Amy, and following the example of
>     ALA, Code4Lib, and numerous technical conferences, I would like to
>     propose that Evergreen adopt a code of conduct for events such as the
>     conference and hackaways.  The purpose of the code would be to
>     emphasize that such events are welcome to all, and to back up that
>     welcome with a clear procedure for redress if somebody should be
>     harassed.
>
>     To be clear, to my knowledge there have been no incidents of
>     harassment at any Evergreen conference or other event; the reason for
>     instituting a policy now is to be prepared in case of future incidents
>     and to stand in solidarity with other inclusive events and
>     organizations.
>
>     Here are some links to sample policies and discussion of reasons for
>     adopting them
>
>     * Statement of Appropriate Conduct at ALA Conferences --
>     http://alamw14.ala.org/statement-of-appropriate-conduct
>     * Andromeda Yelton: "#libtechgender: conference codes of conduct as
>     seen from your world and mine" --
>     http://andromedayelton.com/blog/2014/01/03/libtechgender-conference-codes-of-conduct-as-seen-from-your-world-and-mine/
>     * Andromeda Yelton: "Why ALA Needs a Code of Conduct" --
>     http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/01/opinion/backtalk/why-ala-needs-a-code-of-conduct-backtalk/
>     * Code4Lib code of conduct and anti-harrassment policy --
>     https://github.com/code4lib/antiharassment-policy/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md
>     * Example anti-harassment policy --
>     http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment/Policy
>     * Links to more policies, including licensing terms --
>     http://indiewebcamp.com/code-of-conduct-examples
>     * John Scalzi, "My New Convention Harassment Policy" --
>     http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/07/02/my-new-convention-harassment-policy/.
>      I believe that it is likely that there will be an increase in the
>     numbers of potential keynote speakers who will require that any event
>     they speak at have a stated policy.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Galen
>     --
>     Galen Charlton
>     Manager of Implementation
>     Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts
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