[OSGeo-Conf] LGBT in Tanzania

[María Arias de Reyna]

Thanks Mark, any further information will be very helpful :)

El 19 feb. 2018 10:45 p. m., "Mark Iliffe" <markiliffe at gmail.com> escribió:

> Hi Maria,
>
> Yes, it is partly. Our LOC is formalising a partnership with HOT
> currently, as per an earlier email to the list, and this is our first topic
> of discussion. With regard to the legislation, it is unfortunately a legacy
> from the colonial times, as someone who had lived there for 6 years in a
> vibrant international community, I am yet to see an instance where these
> laws have been applied - however, I stress, this is my personal view.
>
> Our plan is to hold further consultations with the OSGEO LGBT+ community
> and I have personally reached out to those in a  position of responsibility
> within this intersection for further advice. I assisted HOT with drafting
> their initial response [1] to this concern also.
>
> As the FOSS4G 2018 co-chair, I would welcome that people share their
> concerns publicly, or if they wish, privately with myself. But on behalf of
> the LOC, I stress that our stated vision in both our proposal and now,
> through our website, is to the most inclusive FOSS4G that we can be. We, as
> a LOC, are firmly committed to equality, regardless of sexual orientation,
> gender, race, and creed. We want to provide the safest possible space at
> this year's FOSS4G, setting this out in both our vision and Code of Conduct
> [2].
>
> We will be discussing this in our weekly LOC meeting tomorrow and I will,
> in due course, feedback to this list.
>
> Best,
>
> Mark Iliffe
> 2018 FOSS4G Co-Chair
>
>
> [1] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/
> hot/2018-February/014201.html
> [2] http://2018.foss4g.org/code-of-conduct.html
>
> On 19 February 2018 at 16:00, María Arias de Reyna <delawen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm following this conversation on HOT:
>>
>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/2018-February/014199.html
>>
>> Is this real? Do this year's organisation have a plan? Is it legacy
>> deprecated laws or are they being applied? Do we have a problem with LGBT+
>> next FOSS4G? Should we warn the community? Can we do something about it?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Maria.
>>
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