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+1 as well. Very nicely stated, thank you Galen.<br>
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and +1 to amending the Code of Conduct to "gender, gender<br>
identity and expression".<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/31/2016 1:00 PM, Chris Sharp
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<div dir="ltr">+1 to Galen's suggestions and statement wording.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Galen
Charlton <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Grace Dunbar <<a
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wrote:<br>
> I'd love to do something similar but since we don't
have a mission<br>
> statement (?!?!) that details our support of free
software, our<br>
> encouragement of diversity, an our general code of
conduct for<br>
> the project... I think we'd have to take a slightly
different tack<br>
> in our statement.<br>
<br>
</span>I agree with Grace that the EOB should consider
adopting a broader<br>
statement of the project's core values. In the short term, I
suggest<br>
that the EOB consider issuing a statement along these lines:<br>
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_BEGIN_<br>
Per the Evergreen Event Code of Conduct<br>
[<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://evergreen-ils.org/code-of-conduct/"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://evergreen-ils.org/code-of-conduct/</a>],
Evergreen event<br>
organizers are dedicated to providing a harassment-free
experience for<br>
everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation,
disability,<br>
physical appearance, body size, race, or religion. We do not
tolerate<br>
harassment of event participants in any form.<br>
<br>
It is now important to reemphasize that committment.<br>
<br>
In particular, the Evergreen Oversight Board is disappointed
that the<br>
North Carolina General Assembly has chosen to pass
legislation that<br>
nullifies city ordinances that protect LGBT individuals from<br>
discrimination, including one such ordinance passed by the
Raleigh<br>
City Council. Since the 2016 Evergreen Conference is to be
held in<br>
Raleigh, the Oversight Board is taking the following steps
to protect<br>
conference attendees:<br>
<br>
* We are working with the conference venue and hotels to
ensure that<br>
their staff and organizations will not discriminate on the
basis of<br>
gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability,
physical<br>
appearance, body size, race, or religion.<br>
* We are informing the conference venue that had House Bill
2 been in<br>
effect during the conference site selection period last
year, the<br>
Evergreen Project would not have chosen Raleigh.<br>
* The Evergreen Conference will refund in full registrations
from<br>
individuals who feel that they can no longer safely attend
the<br>
conference.<br>
_END_<br>
<br>
I also suggest to the EOB that the code of conduct be
updated to<br>
replace the two instances of the word "gender" with "gender,
gender<br>
identity and expression".<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Galen<br>
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