[Eg-oversight-board] Position Statement

[Chauncey Montgomery]

+1

On 04/08/2016 02:21 PM, Tim Spindler wrote:
> +1 looks good
>
> On Apr 8, 2016 12:58 PM, "Sharon Herbert"
> <sharon.herbert at bc.libraries.coop
> <mailto:sharon.herbert at bc.libraries.coop>> wrote:
>
>     +1 Thanks very much, Grace
>     Quoting Andrea Buntz Neiman <aneiman at kent.lib.md.us
>     <mailto:aneiman at kent.lib.md.us>>:
>
>         Looks good, thank you!
>
>
>         ----- Original Message -----
>         From: Chris Sharp <csharp at georgialibraries.org
>         <mailto:csharp at georgialibraries.org>>
>         To: Grace Dunbar <gdunbar at esilibrary.com
>         <mailto:gdunbar at esilibrary.com>>
>         Cc: Oversight Board <eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org
>         <mailto:eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org>>
>         Sent: Fri, 08 Apr 2016 10:49:29 -0400 (EDT)
>         Subject: Re: [Eg-oversight-board] Position Statement
>
>         Thank you, Grace.  I support the statement's release.
>
>         On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Grace Dunbar
>         <gdunbar at esilibrary.com <mailto: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-----
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>             Equinox - Open Your Library
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