[Eg-oversight-board] eg-oversight-board Digest, Vol 55, Issue 47

[Grace Dunbar]

I vote yes.

Grace

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Grace Dunbar <gdunbar at esilibrary.com>
wrote:

> All right then, I'm calling for a vote on expanding the Code of Conduct
> wording to include "age" and clarifying the wording "gender" by replacing
> it with, "gender, gender identity and expression".
> Voting is open until 2:30pm ET (or until we reach a majority).
>
> Grace
>
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Amy Terlaga <terlaga at biblio.org> wrote:
>
>> I second the motion.
>>
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>> Amy Terlaga
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>>
>> On Apr 1, 2016, at 12:37 PM, Grace Dunbar <gdunbar at esilibrary.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the  clarification, Galen!
>>
>> I move to amend the proposed language before the Board to incorporate
>> "age".
>> The proposed Code of Conduct revision for the Board's consideration is
>> now:
>> "...regardless of gender, *gender identity and expression*, sexual
>> orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, *age* or
>> religion."
>>
>> Grace
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 8:05 PM, Grace Dunbar <gdunbar at esilibrary.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I'll let this sit until the morning for any further discussion before
>>> > calling for a vote.
>>>
>>> To add some background, the wording used in the Evergreen Code of
>>> Conduct has its origins in the JSConf code of conduct, which in turn
>>> draws from the Geek Feminism Wiki's model code [1]. The corresponding
>>> clause from the Geek Feminism model reads:
>>>
>>>   $CONFERENCE is dedicated to providing a harassment-free
>>>   conference experience for everyone [, regardless of gender,
>>>   gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability,
>>>   physical appearance, body size, race, age or religion
>>>   [insert any other specific concerns here]].
>>>
>>> "Gender identity and expression" was added to that model on 26 May
>>> 2013, but hadn't yet propagated to the JSConf version at the time we
>>> were drafting Evergreen's code. That said, adding "gender identity and
>>> expression" is, IMO, a clarification of the intent of the Evergreen
>>> code of conduct, not a change to its intent (i.e., we're not asserting
>>> that harassment based on gender identity and expression was previously
>>> OK; they were not).
>>>
>>> I note that the the Geek Feminism version also explicitly mentions
>>> "age"; I suggest that the EOB consider including that as well in the
>>> interests of keeping the code of conference aligned with the Geek
>>> Feminism model.
>>>
>>> [1] http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment/Policy
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Galen
>>> --
>>> Galen Charlton
>>> Infrastructure and Added Services Manager
>>> Equinox Software, Inc. / Open Your Library
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>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Grace Dunbar, Vice President
>> Equinox - Open Your Library
>> gdunbar at esilibrary.com
>> 1-877-OPEN-ILS  |  www.esilibrary.com
>>
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>
>
> --
> Grace Dunbar, Vice President
> Equinox - Open Your Library
> gdunbar at esilibrary.com
> 1-877-OPEN-ILS  |  www.esilibrary.com
>
>



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Grace Dunbar, Vice President
Equinox - Open Your Library
gdunbar at esilibrary.com
1-877-OPEN-ILS  |  www.esilibrary.com
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