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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 15/01/2015 4:59 am, Kristin Bott
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote
cite="mid:CAPvLB7Ldwn2HLvgEnnOHYTymzuKMhwTskPJpShkQeH7PXgPcOQ@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">- I'm curious to hear answers to Darrell's question
above -- "<span style="font-size:13px">What is the argument for
why having a CoC is worse for the conference than not having
one?"</span></blockquote>
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I'm in favour of a CoC, but found the referenced CoC [1] a bit
confronting, couched in negative language, and poorly defined around
what is considered "poor conduct". In particular, the referenced
text could be interpreted as "If I include a slide of a *sexualised
image*, which I might have copied from numerous advertising
commercials or music videos from popular culture, then I might be
asked to leave the conference."<br>
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The O'Reilly CoC [2] says almost the same thing, but uses positive
language and assumption of innocence in its wording. I expect that
most, if not people currently objecting would be ok with this
O'Reilly CoC.<br>
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I also think it adds little value, and will likely offend a number
of attendees, to enforce everyone to tick a "I will abide by the
CoC" box. Do obviously reference the CoC, including using a 1
sentence version of it which gets read. If people are going to
break the CoC, they will do so whether they tick a box or not.<br>
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I do have an outstanding question about definition of "sexualised
image", which I expect will be challenging to resolve. Does someone
have links back to the geek girls community to see if they can help
with ideas?<br>
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[1] <a href="https://2015.foss4g-na.org/code-conduct">https://2015.foss4g-na.org/code-conduct</a><br>
[2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.oreilly.com/conferences/code-of-conduct.html">http://www.oreilly.com/conferences/code-of-conduct.html</a><br>
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