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    <p>Mark, conference committee,</p>
    <p>As an outsider reading this Code of Conduct, without knowing the
      Tanzania anti-LGBT laws, this CoC would seem strange in the way
      they are singling out LGBT. I think it would be useful to state it
      up front what the legal situation is, and the limits to the FOSS4G
      committee's ability to enforce the CoC or protect delegates from
      local laws.<br>
    </p>
    <p>I think it would be good to have a statement noting something
      like:<br>
    </p>
    <p>1. Participants should be mindful of LGBT local laws, which state
      ...<br>
    </p>
    <p>2. Participants should behave respectfully toward locals of the
      country and dress and behave respectfully when in public.
      Appropriate dress involves ...</p>
    <p>3. While the OSGeo Foundation supports a safe conference
      environment and will apply whatever means at its disposal to
      support this (including removing people from the conference if
      needed), participants should be aware of the limit's of the FOSS4G
      committee's legal mandate to protect delegates. <br>
    </p>
    <p><br>
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    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/4/18 1:16 am, Mark Iliffe wrote:<br>
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      Dear All,
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      <div class="">Following these discussions, I would warmly welcome
        you all to contribute to the discussion on the CoC for this
        year’s FOSS4G: <a
          href="https://github.com/foss4g2018/foss4g2018/issues/65"
          class="" moz-do-not-send="true">https://github.com/foss4g2018/foss4g2018/issues/65</a> </div>
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        <div>Many thanks,</div>
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        <div>Mark</div>
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            <div class="">On 9 Mar 2018, at 13:44, Cameron Shorter <<a
                href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" class=""
                moz-do-not-send="true">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>>
              wrote:</div>
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                <p class="">Mark and others on this list,</p>
                <p class="">I'm seeing significant agreement here in
                  promoting diversity within OSGeo. I encourage anyone
                  who feels strongly about this should consider starting
                  to craft revised text for OSGeo policy documents.
                  Until that happens, we are all talk, no action, no
                  impact.<br class="">
                </p>
                <p class="">The process: Write draft changes to our
                  policy documents, invite review, get rough consensus
                  on wording, get the conference committee to vote to
                  accept the proposed changes, update the official
                  documents.</p>
                <p class="">Documents that I think need reworking are:</p>
                <p class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                    href="https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/rfp/"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/rfp/</a><br
                    class="">
                </p>
                <p class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                    href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook</a></p>
                <p class="">Warm regards, Cameron<br class="">
                </p>
                <br class="">
                <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/3/18 1:16 am, Mark
                  Iliffe wrote:<br class="">
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                  Dear María,
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                  <div class="">Thanks for the update on this, we as
                    FOSS4G DLOC will follow and further participate with
                    interest.</div>
                  <div class=""><br class="">
                  </div>
                  <div class="">With regard to holding this conversation
                    slowly, may I kindly counsel that we proceed as
                    quickly and as openly as possible - to be clear, I
                    do not view this as a point of debate for Dar es
                    Salaam, but for our community as a whole - the
                    ripples of this conversation go far beyond FOSS4G
                    this year. </div>
                  <div class=""><br class="">
                  </div>
                  <div class="">The views and their number expressed
                    have reinforced my (personal) view that to our
                    credit, we have a great appetite for discussion on
                    this within our community regarding diversity and
                    inclusion - to proceed slowly in limited forums may
                    provide the signal that we are not taking this
                    seriously - we know this is <u style="font-weight:
                      bold;" class="">not</u> the case!! - but there is
                    a difference between fact and perception
                    unfortunately. </div>
                  <div class=""><br class="">
                  </div>
                  <div class="">I am not asking for people to come out
                    of the closet to engage in this discussion;
                    Personally, I am not LGBT+, however, I have a direct
                    interest in making our community to be as inclusive
                    and representative of our world as much as possible,
                    this includes those in our community in relative
                    and/or absolute poverty (ie. those that utilise QGIS
                    to digitise their communities), or from
                    under-represented communities - I believe that we
                    can participate in this discussion not based on our
                    race, creed, gender, sexual orientation but on the
                    basis as we as a community stand weaker if one of us
                    is disadvantaged - can we not engage independently
                    as a member of humanity working towards inclusivity
                    and acceptance, instead of categorising ourselves? </div>
                  <div class=""><br class="">
                  </div>
                  <div class="">This maybe a tone deaf view - and if so,
                    please accept my humble apologies - but we clearly
                    have a challenge here and while we cannot change the
                    laws of any nation that we are working on, we can
                    send the message to the OSGeo community that we are
                    listening and through the CoC/diversity
                    statement/working groups on LGBT+ etc. that <b
                      class=""><u class="">YOU ARE WELCOME IN THIS
                        COMMUNITY!</u></b></div>
                  <div class=""><b class=""><u class=""><br class="">
                      </u></b></div>
                  <div class="">This reinforces my personal view that we
                    need to ensure that all are kept aware of these
                    discussions - accordingly, I kindly request that we
                    keep this in the OSGeo discuss board and make the
                    F2F discussions in Bonn accessible for all and that
                    the board takes appropriate action to ensure that
                    this message is heard loud and clear throughout.</div>
                  <div class=""><br class="">
                  </div>
                  <div class="">Many thanks,</div>
                  <div class=""><br class="">
                  </div>
                  <div class="">Mark</div>
                  <div class="">
                    <div class=""><br class="">
                      <blockquote type="cite" class="">
                        <div class="">On 7 Mar 2018, at 02:37, María
                          Arias de Reyna <<a
                            href="mailto:delawen@gmail.com" class=""
                            moz-do-not-send="true">delawen@gmail.com</a>>
                          wrote:</div>
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                          <div class="">Dear Mark,<br class="">
                            <br class="">
                            Thank you very much for your email.<br
                              class="">
                            <br class="">
                            I agree we should continue the discussion in
                            the open. Now we have a<br class="">
                            clear view of the current situation from the
                            board (and people<br class="">
                            following that list). A reason why I
                            personally haven't moved this<br class="">
                            quicker more open is because I don't want
                            OSGeo to be responsible of<br class="">
                            people coming out of the closet on the
                            community and then travelling<br class="">
                            to Tanzania and having problems because of
                            that. The risk is very low,<br class="">
                            as you have confirmed, but this is a very
                            sensitive issue in many<br class="">
                            countries. Everyone should be aware of this
                            before starting to point<br class="">
                            personal experiences, especially people
                            coming from privileged<br class="">
                            countries where being LGBT+ is not only
                            legal, but socially accepted.<br class="">
                            <br class="">
                            We have an OSGeo meeting in Bonn very soon
                            and I think that is a<br class="">
                            proper place to discuss this, as it will be
                            face to face and some<br class="">
                            people will be able to discuss this without
                            having to write their<br class="">
                            names anywhere. I agree there should be an
                            LGBT+ group inside OSGeo,<br class="">
                            and maybe we should provide the tools to
                            allow members from sensitive<br class="">
                            countries/personal situations to participate
                            anonymously. (How? I<br class="">
                            don't know yet.) And we should promote also
                            some kind of diversity<br class="">
                            advice group, where all kind of
                            discriminations can be addressed.<br
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                            Maybe merge this idea with the CoC team?
                            Maybe a separated dedicated<br class="">
                            team? I don't know.<br class="">
                            <br class="">
                            Thanks for this and if you need some
                            immediate action from the board,<br class="">
                            just let us know.<br class="">
                            <br class="">
                            Regards,<br class="">
                            María.<br class="">
                            <br class="">
                            <br class="">
                            <br class="">
                            <br class="">
                            On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 12:11 AM, Mark Iliffe
                            <<a href="mailto:markiliffe@gmail.com"
                              class="" moz-do-not-send="true">markiliffe@gmail.com</a>>
                            wrote:<br class="">
                            <blockquote type="cite" class="">Dear OSGeo
                              Board,<br class="">
                              <br class="">
                              On the 20th of February I wrote in
                              response to a concern raised on LGBT+<br
                                class="">
                              concerns in Dar es Salaam. To this, set
                              out the following four action<br class="">
                              points:<br class="">
                              <br class="">
                              <blockquote type="cite" class="">To help
                                move forward on this, we will 1. Ensure
                                that we provide guidance<br class="">
                                to those in our community on this issue;
                                2. Seek dialog within our community<br
                                  class="">
                                on this issue, I am personally
                                contactable on this and fully welcome
                                any and<br class="">
                                all people who wish to discuss this on a
                                face-to-face (over VC) or any other<br
                                  class="">
                                medium that the community would feel
                                better with; 3. Recommend that the<br
                                  class="">
                                board puts in place guidance for future
                                OSGEO conferences other this issues;<br
                                  class="">
                                4. Support the formation of an LGBT+
                                grouping within OSGEO to better support<br
                                  class="">
                                appropriate guidance on this issue.<br
                                  class="">
                              </blockquote>
                              <br class="">
                              <br class="">
                              To update on this:<br class="">
                              <br class="">
                              1. We are collaborating with Humanitarian
                              OpenStreetMap Team on this issue,<br
                                class="">
                              to ensure that the response to our mutual
                              communities are in lock-step on<br
                                class="">
                              this issue. Guidance will be published for
                              consultation for the conference<br
                                class="">
                              shortly;<br class="">
                              2. I have reached out to members of the
                              LGBT+ community that I know<br class="">
                              personally on a bilateral basis. I would
                              welcome further dialogue with the<br
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                              OSGeo LGBT+ community on a bilateral,
                              private basis for people to voice<br
                                class="">
                              their concerns in confidence;<br class="">
                              <br class="">
                              Points 3 and 4 are of specific interest,
                              in the view of the LOC of FOSS4G<br
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                              2018, as we can set policy direction for
                              our conference, but have no mandate<br
                                class="">
                              nor mechanism to set policy across OSGeo.
                              To this end, I would formally<br class="">
                              request, in my role of Chair of FOSS4G for
                              the OSGeo Board to provide<br class="">
                              direction to future FOSS4G conferences and
                              to further support and service<br class="">
                              this community within our wider community.<br
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                              <br class="">
                              Clearly, there is a desire for LGBT+ to be
                              considered further in our<br class="">
                              community - as noted in the transcript of
                              the previous board meeting [1],<br
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                              but I think this needs to be communicated
                              to our wider community - I see the<br
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                              discussions on the OSGeo board mailing
                              list, though this may not have the<br
                                class="">
                              widest circulation. I am also available to
                              have a video conference with the<br
                                class="">
                              board, at their earliest possible
                              convenience if such an invitation was<br
                                class="">
                              extended.<br class="">
                              <br class="">
                              Finally, I really want to stress this for
                              our conference in Dar es Salaam<br
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                              this year to our community: We want to
                              have the most inclusive conference<br
                                class="">
                              that we can possibly have. In the same way
                              that previous FOSS4G events in<br class="">
                              Boston and North Carolina have
                              demonstrated, our conferences have dealt
                              with<br class="">
                              challenges within the wider legislative
                              framework of their host country, we<br
                                class="">
                              as a community are welcoming to any and
                              all with open arms. We will publish<br
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                              guidance for those travelling, and if you
                              still wish to participate but<br class="">
                              cannot come to Dar es Salaam, get in touch
                              with us - we will help you get<br class="">
                              involved! Our FOSS4G will only be
                              successful due to ALL the people in our<br
                                class="">
                              OSGeo community; we are a big and dynamic
                              family - we will reflect and live<br
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                              that this year in Dar es Salaam, and I
                              hope in the many years to come.<br
                                class="">
                              <br class="">
                              Best,<br class="">
                              <br class="">
                              Mark<br class="">
                              <br class="">
                              [1] <a
                                href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2018-03-01"
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                              ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br
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                              From: jorge.dejesus <<a
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                              Date: 21 February 2018 at 08:26<br
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                              Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] LGBT in Tanzania<br
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                              To: <a
                                href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org"
                                class="" moz-do-not-send="true">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br
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                              <br class="">
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                              Hi to all<br class="">
                              <br class="">
                              I was following the LGBT  in Tanzania
                              discussion, and I am happy to see the<br
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                              question added to the next RfP.<br
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                              <br class="">
                              The discussion on LGBT rights and safety
                              requires a bit of common sense, I<br
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                              am LGBT it is one part of my live as being
                              OsGEO member is another (one of<br
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                              many) part(s), normally these two don't
                              intercept much, personally I think<br
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                              this is  why the LGBT community is present
                              in OsGEO but very invisible.<br class="">
                              What?? No LGBT birds of the feather in
                              FOSS4G ???<br class="">
                              <br class="">
                              Having a code of conduct that is non
                              discriminatory, we must take  into<br
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                              consideration the rights of minorities and
                              safety of ALL the participants of<br
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                              and a OsGEO conference, the LOC have to do
                              their best for the safety.  LOC<br
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                              should also informed  participants on what
                               are the real  problems that<br class="">
                              participants may have to face, then is up
                              to the participants to decide if<br
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                              they fell comfortable to to attend the
                              conference.<br class="">
                              <br class="">
                              Again, nice to see this topic discussed
                              and remember these comments are my 2<br
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                              RfP. In order to preserve your proposal,
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                              I will add this to the next RfP-text.<br
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                              Am 20.02.2018 um 18:32 schrieb Darrell
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                              "FOSS4G attracts a global, diverse
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