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

[Sharon Herbert]

I vote yes
Sharon
Quoting Grace Dunbar <gdunbar at esilibrary.com>:

> 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
>>>> email:  gmc at esilibrary.com
>>>> direct: +1 770-709-5581
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Grace Dunbar, Vice President
>>> Equinox - Open Your Library
>>> gdunbar at esilibrary.com
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>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Grace Dunbar, Vice President
>> Equinox - Open Your Library
>> gdunbar at esilibrary.com
>> 1-877-OPEN-ILS  |  www.esilibrary.com
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Grace Dunbar, Vice President
> Equinox - Open Your Library
> gdunbar at esilibrary.com
> 1-877-OPEN-ILS  |  www.esilibrary.com


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Sharon Herbert
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