Re: [guadec-list] anti-harassment policy

[Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756 gmail com>]

On 10/07/2014, Alexandre Franke <alexandre franke gmail com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Christophe Fergeau <cfergeau gmail com>
> wrote:
> > Something I've been wondering in the last few days, can we concretely
> > expel someone from the conference if they keep coming back in spite of
> > us telling them they are no longer welcome and have been expelled? I'm
> > afraid we won't be able to do much apart from kicking them out over and
> > over when we notice they are present :(
>
> As you guessed, in such a case there is not much we can do. We could
> hire a bouncer but I hope everyone finds this as ridiculous as I do.
> If someone is really creating problems, we can (and should) call the
> police.
>
> So far I've only had time to reply to the technical questions that
> arised (phone numbers…) and not to the practical side of implementing
> a policy. Let me fix this.
>
> To begin with, I reverted the change by Pascal, as we didn't reach a
> consensus and publishing the policy Marina suggested is not ok. (Also
> I think some information I had on the page were missing, such as the
> number for SOS médecin)
>
> I've discussed this in private one-to-one conversations with several
> organization team members and everyone is uncomfortable with having
> such a policy. There are potential harassment victim in this group
> (female, black, fat…). The general feeling is that having a policy
> such as the long one Marina wrote:
> * intimidates everyone and establishes a climate of fear
> * is not more efficient than a shorter one such as the current
> https://www.guadec.org/policy/ version
> * encourages "tl;dr" (too long; didn't read) behaviour
>
> To be frank, I feel that pushing a lengthy policy is a form of
> harassment in itself and I'm getting tired of it.
>
> I see that board-list is CCed in this entire thread and I'm not sure I
> get the reason. If the board is the body that makes this decision,
> then we'll of course comply with the decision. Just know that the
> organization team disapproves the proposed policy.

As a board member, I'm not sure that I get the reason either. The
policy was put to the vote which was then abandoned, and the board has
now been asked to agree on the policy without a vote (which will not
happen as there is no consensus).

The responsibility for organising the event has been delegated to the
organising team, so I feel that it is up to you to choose what you
want to do.

Thanks for taking the time to organise the event and deal with the
issues that have arisen. I hope that they will not distract you for
much longer.

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