Re: Women in GNOME (Was: Code Of Conduct)

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 14:57 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Iau, 2006-06-01 at 14:33 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote:
> > Hmm, how about people working together? It just seems that the person who
> > most most obviously wants this should be the person trying to make it
> > happen.
> 
> I'd be wary of pursuing just the "women in GNOME" issue, because many of
> the same things put off far more than just women.

Yes, that's why the gender issue is only one (possible) part of the code
of conduct, though it's the reason that I got around to finally pushing
it.

But Anne is asking specifically for a gender policy/plan, apparently
separate to that. I'd just like her to make a suggestion.

>  Running around
> shouting "pants off" is not, for example, very compatible with the
> Japanese cultural expectations.
> 
> Also if "Code of Conduct" is too strong then "Expected Behaviour"
> perhaps. Personally I don't see a problem with "Code of Conduct" in that
> it deals with acting for, speaking for, representing or being part of
> Gnome, or when using its facilities.
> 
> It isn't too much to ask for people to keep other stuff elsewhere, or to
> engage in other incompatible activities from a non-gnome email address
> or on a different irc network.

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