[Eg-oversight-board] eg-oversight-board Digest, Vol 55, Issue 47
Sharon Herbert
sharon.herbert at bc.libraries.coop
Thu Mar 31 17:34:47 EDT 2016
+1 on EOB issuing a statement to our community members re-affirming
our commitment to , and offer refunds if some participants are not
comfortable to attend, but agree with Tanya that we should be very
unambiguous that the EOB is issuing this statement so we don't create
problems for our host organization.
While I support this statement in principle, I don't think it's
*technically* valid given our current site selection criteria. +1 to
amending for future, although acknowledging additional challenges of
researching this and/or requiring affirmation as part of a site's
application:
* We are informing the conference venue that had House Bill 2 been in
> effect during the conference site selection period last year, the
> Evergreen Project would not have chosen Raleigh.
Finally, we should consider adding "gender identity and expression "
to the current code of conduct preamble (i.e. 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.)
Thanks,
Sharon
Quoting "Prokrym, Tatiana H" <tanya.prokrym at ncdcr.gov>:
> Hello,
>
> I am submitting a request for a few changes to the proposed
> Evergreen Event Code of Conduct as submitted by Galen. This request
> is one of clarification only and I hope that you will consider the
> changes outlined below.
>
> NC Cardinal, as a NC state government entity and as part of the
> conference event organizers, would like to request that any EOB
> statement not be ambiguous in terms of who is making the Event Code
> of Conduct Statement. We also request changing the words "Evergreen
> event Organizers" and "Evergreen Conference" to "the EOB and the
> Software Freedom Conservancy" or other wording that would clarify
> that this statement is from the EOB and/or SFC. For example point 3
> of the statement declares that "The Evergreen Conference" will
> refund...." We feel that "The Evergreen Conference" wording might
> lend itself to an interpretation that we, the State Library of North
> Carolina and NC Cardinal, are providing refunds because of HB#2.
>
> Thank you for considering the above request.
>
> Tanya
>
>
> BEGIN --
> Per the Evergreen Event Code of Conduct /code-of-conducts://evergreen-ils.
> httporg
> 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.
> * We are informing the conference venue that had House Bill 2 been
> in effect during the conference site selection period last year, the
> Evergreen Project would not have chosen Raleigh.
> * The Evergreen Conference will refund in full registrations from
> individuals who feel that they can no longer safely attend the
> conference.
> END -
>
>
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> 1. Re: North Carolina and the LGBT Community (Chris Sharp)
> 2. Re: North Carolina and the LGBT Community (Rogan Hamby)
> 3. Re: North Carolina and the LGBT Community (Andrea Buntz Neiman)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 13:00:18 -0400
> From: Chris Sharp <csharp at georgialibraries.org>
> To: Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com>
> Cc: Oversight Board <eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org>, Grace
> Dunbar <gdunbar at esilibrary.com>
> Subject: Re: [Eg-oversight-board] North Carolina and the LGBT
> Community
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> +1 to Galen's suggestions and statement wording.
>
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Grace Dunbar
>> <gdunbar at esilibrary.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I'd love to do something similar but since we don't have a mission
>> > statement (?!?!) that details our support of free software, our
>> > encouragement of diversity, an our general code of conduct for the
>> > project... I think we'd have to take a slightly different tack in
>> > our statement.
>>
>> I agree with Grace that the EOB should consider adopting a broader
>> statement of the project's core values. In the short term, I suggest
>> that the EOB consider issuing a statement along these lines:
>>
>> _BEGIN_
>> Per the Evergreen 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 committment.
>>
>> 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.
>> * We are informing the conference venue that had House Bill 2 been in
>> effect during the conference site selection period last year, the
>> Evergreen Project would not have chosen Raleigh.
>> * The Evergreen Conference will refund in full registrations from
>> individuals who feel that they can no longer safely attend the
>> conference.
>> _END_
>>
>> I also suggest to the EOB that the code of conduct be updated to
>> replace the two instances of the word "gender" with "gender, gender
>> identity and expression".
>>
>> 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
>> _______________________________________________
>> eg-oversight-board mailing list
>> eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org
>> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/eg-oversight-bo
>> ard
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Chris Sharp
> PINES System Administrator
> Georgia Public Library Service
> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
> Atlanta, Georgia 30345
> (404) 235-7147
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> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 13:15:53 -0400
> From: Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at gmail.com>
> To: Chris Sharp <csharp at georgialibraries.org>
> Cc: Grace Dunbar <gdunbar at esilibrary.com>, Oversight Board
> <eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org>
> Subject: Re: [Eg-oversight-board] North Carolina and the LGBT
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> Chiming in as a random ex-board member, I applaud the common spirit
> of wanting to address this issue. I do think trying to do something
> associated with the conference is pretty late in the game for it. I
> think addressing it in a wider statement as Galen proposed showing
> the community's stance towards diversity is a better path to walk
> for now and we could potentially announce that those changes have
> been made at the conference. It would make a statement now but also
> lay ground work for this as a common understanding in the future.
>
> I'm also going to ask a question that exposes my ignorance of the
> site selection process for the conference. Do we have anything that
> says we will not consider a site that falls under a jurisdiction
> with this kind of legislation in place?
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Chris Sharp <csharp at georgialibraries.org>
> wrote:
>
>> +1 to Galen's suggestions and statement wording.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Grace Dunbar
>>> <gdunbar at esilibrary.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I'd love to do something similar but since we don't have a mission
>>> > statement (?!?!) that details our support of free software, our
>>> > encouragement of diversity, an our general code of conduct for the
>>> > project... I think we'd have to take a slightly different tack in
>>> > our statement.
>>>
>>> I agree with Grace that the EOB should consider adopting a broader
>>> statement of the project's core values. In the short term, I suggest
>>> that the EOB consider issuing a statement along these lines:
>>>
>>> _BEGIN_
>>> Per the Evergreen 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 committment.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>> * We are informing the conference venue that had House Bill 2 been in
>>> effect during the conference site selection period last year, the
>>> Evergreen Project would not have chosen Raleigh.
>>> * The Evergreen Conference will refund in full registrations from
>>> individuals who feel that they can no longer safely attend the
>>> conference.
>>> _END_
>>>
>>> I also suggest to the EOB that the code of conduct be updated to
>>> replace the two instances of the word "gender" with "gender, gender
>>> identity and expression".
>>>
>>> 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
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> eg-oversight-board mailing list
>>> eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org
>>> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/eg-oversight-b
>>> oard
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chris Sharp
>> PINES System Administrator
>> Georgia Public Library Service
>> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
>> Atlanta, Georgia 30345
>> (404) 235-7147
>>
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>>
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> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 13:38:29 -0400
> From: Andrea Buntz Neiman <aneiman at kent.lib.md.us>
> To: Chris Sharp <csharp at georgialibraries.org>, Galen Charlton
> <gmc at esilibrary.com>
> Cc: Grace Dunbar <gdunbar at esilibrary.com>, Oversight Board
> <eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org>
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> Community
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> +1 as well. Very nicely stated, thank you Galen.
>
> and +1 to amending the Code of Conduct to "gender, gender identity
> and expression".
>
> On 3/31/2016 1:00 PM, Chris Sharp wrote:
>> +1 to Galen's suggestions and statement wording.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com
>> <mailto:gmc at esilibrary.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Grace Dunbar
>> <gdunbar at esilibrary.com <mailto:gdunbar at esilibrary.com>> wrote:
>> > I'd love to do something similar but since we don't have a mission
>> > statement (?!?!) that details our support of free software, our
>> > encouragement of diversity, an our general code of conduct for
>> > the project... I think we'd have to take a slightly different tack
>> > in our statement.
>>
>> I agree with Grace that the EOB should consider adopting a broader
>> statement of the project's core values. In the short term, I suggest
>> that the EOB consider issuing a statement along these lines:
>>
>> _BEGIN_
>> Per the Evergreen 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 committment.
>>
>> 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.
>> * We are informing the conference venue that had House Bill 2 been in
>> effect during the conference site selection period last year, the
>> Evergreen Project would not have chosen Raleigh.
>> * The Evergreen Conference will refund in full registrations from
>> individuals who feel that they can no longer safely attend the
>> conference.
>> _END_
>>
>> I also suggest to the EOB that the code of conduct be updated to
>> replace the two instances of the word "gender" with "gender, gender
>> identity and expression".
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Galen
>> --
>> Galen Charlton
>> Infrastructure and Added Services Manager
>> Equinox Software, Inc. / Open Your Library
>> email: gmc at esilibrary.com <mailto:gmc at esilibrary.com>
>> direct: +1 770-709-5581 <tel:%2B1%20770-709-5581>
>> cell: +1 404-984-4366 <tel:%2B1%20404-984-4366>
>> skype: gmcharlt
>> web: http://www.esilibrary.com/
>> Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org &
>> http://evergreen-ils.org
>> _______________________________________________
>> eg-oversight-board mailing list
>> eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org
>> <mailto:eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org>
>>
>> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/eg-oversight-bo
>> ard
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chris Sharp
>> PINES System Administrator
>> Georgia Public Library Service
>> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
>> Atlanta, Georgia 30345
>> (404) 235-7147
>>
>>
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