[Eg-oversight-board] Proposed conference photography policy

[Galen Charlton]

Hi,

First stepping back to the overall proposed policy, I would think that
if somebody took photographs contrary to another's preference as
expressed by their lanyard, if the matter didn't get addressed on the
spot ("oops! I'm deleting that photo now"), then ultimately the
escalation path that the code of conduct suggests would be available,
i.e., "[e]vent participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or
expelled from the event without a refund at the discretion of the
event organizers."

I think the same thing would apply to speakers who do not wish to be
photographed, with the possible additional step of inserting a note in
the program regarding that speaker's preferences.

Obviously, the conference cannot absolutely prevent photographs from
being taken or put on social media, but it can react if there's an
incidence, and it can also set expectations for the attendees.

Regards,

Galen

On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at gmail.com> wrote:
> Returning to an earlier point, if we are going to vote into place a policy
> meant to protect the aspects of privacy that speakers want this point
> doesn't make sense to me.  If it's our policy that they don't be
> photographed as per their wishes then is it a request for the audience to
> not photograph them or are we prepared to enforce that in some way?
>
>
> On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> If a speaker doesn't want to be photographed at all, while the
>> conference obviously couldn't make a guarantee that images taken by
>> the audience won't end up on social media, it's certainly in its power
>> to do things like add notes to the program requesting that a
>> particular presentation not be photographed.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Galen
>>
>



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