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

[Andrea Buntz Neiman]

Vote yes

Andrea Buntz Neiman, MLS
Librarian II, Public Services
Kent County Public Library
408 High Street
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-3636 x2115
www.kentcountylibrary.org

On 4/1/2016 1:20 PM, Sharon Herbert wrote:
> 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.
>>>>
>>>> +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
>>>> Amy Terlaga
>>>> Director of Member Services
>>>> Bibliomation
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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
>>>>> cell:   +1 404-984-4366
>>>>> skype:  gmcharlt
>>>>> web:    http://www.esilibrary.com/
>>>>> Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org &
>>>>> http://evergreen-ils.org
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Grace Dunbar, Vice President
>> Equinox - Open Your Library
>> gdunbar at esilibrary.com
>> 1-877-OPEN-ILS  |  www.esilibrary.com
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