[Eg-oversight-board] Position Statement

[Amy Terlaga]

If it's not too late, do you want to add age to this?

* We are working with the conference venue and hotels to ensure that their
staff and organizations will not discriminate on the basis of gender,
gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body
size, race, or religion.

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Grace Dunbar <gdunbar at esilibrary.com>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> I heard back from Tony and Karen at the SFC and they see no issues with
> our position statement regarding North Carolina HB2.
> Tony does not believe that our statement explicitly implicates the State
> Library or NC Cardinal.
> He did ask for some clarification on the refund language which is
> incorporated below.
> Please review and, if we're all in agreement, I'd like for us to publish
> this asap.
> Thanks!
> Grace
>
> -----BEGIN-----
> Per the Evergreen Project's Event Code of Conduct
> https://evergreen-ils.org/code-of-conduct
> Evergreen event organizers are dedicated to providing a harassment-free
> experience for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation,
> disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion. We do not
> tolerate harassment of event participants in any form.  It is now important
> to reemphasize that commitment.
>
> In particular, the Evergreen Oversight Board is disappointed that the
> North Carolina General Assembly has chosen to pass legislation that
> nullifies city ordinances that protect LGBT individuals from
> discrimination, including one such ordinance passed by the Raleigh City
> Council. Since the 2016 Evergreen Conference is to be held in Raleigh, the
> Oversight Board is taking the following steps to protect conference
> attendees:
>
> * We are working with the conference venue and hotels to ensure that their
> staff and organizations will not discriminate on the basis of gender,
> gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body
> size, race, or religion.
>
> * The Evergreen Project, via its fiscal agent Software Freedom
> Conservancy, will refund in full registrations from individuals who feel
> that they can no longer safely attend the conference.  We're committed to
> processing refunds requested on this basis, but it will take us some time
> to process them.  Please be patient if you request a refund.
> ------END-----
> --
> Grace Dunbar, Vice President
> Equinox - Open Your Library
> gdunbar at esilibrary.com
> 1-877-OPEN-ILS  |  www.esilibrary.com
>
>
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Amy Terlaga
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Bibliomation, Inc.
24 Wooster Avenue
Waterbury, CT  06708
(203)577-4070 x101
terlaga at biblio.org
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