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

[Tim Spindler]

Vote Yes
On Apr 1, 2016 1:31 PM, "Andrea Buntz Neiman" <aneiman at kent.lib.md.us>
wrote:

> Vote yes
>
> Andrea Buntz Neiman, MLS
> Librarian II, Public Services
> Kent County Public Library
> 408 High Street
> Chestertown, MD 21620
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> 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
>>>>> 24 Wooster Avenue
>>>>> Waterbury, CT 06708
>>>>> terlaga at biblio.org
>>>>> 203-577-4070 x101
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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