<div dir="ltr">Dear All,<div><br></div><div>I've tried as best I can to include the various comments from all - the best thing being is that I believe that they do not conflict with each other and serve to improve the CoC. I know that HOT will be also working on this to pass it through their summit working group, but I'm happy for us to move forward on this. To stress, and echoing Cameron above, in my opinion this is and should be a living document for OSGeo and will transcend this year's FOSS4G and beyond. Please do contribute and comment further so we can make this the best reflection of our values and community as possible!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 April 2018 at 18:14, Cameron Shorter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
  <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
    <p>Quite a few comments from me, and while most should be able to be
      addressed quite easily, there are some bigger questions which it
      would be good to take to the greater CoC communities.</p>
    <p>1. I think we could do a better job at describing the range of
      actions that could be taken, without being threatening. (This
      takes a lot of effort to word correctly. This code of conduct
      covers everything from minor infringement to totally criminal
      behavior and it is difficult to get the balance right. At the
      moment, I don't think we are fully covering the minor infringement
      case (which is likely to get more cases).<br>
    </p>
    <p>2. I think we could be more empowering of the reporter. We
      probably shouldn't refer to them as a "victim". We probably should
      say, "In line with our Code of Conduct, we plan to take the
      following next step. Is that ok with you?" This is empowering of
      the reporter.</p>
    <p>I haven't gone into details of how this could be worded. I think
      it would be quite time consuming to do so and get buy in from all
      involved.</p>
    <p>What has been written so far is good and suitable enough for the
      next event. My suggestions are pushing toward what I think could
      be better for the future.<br>
    </p><div><div class="h5">
    <br>
    <div class="m_1904402173103101628moz-cite-prefix">On 9/4/18 2:45 am, Mark Iliffe wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type="cite">
      <div dir="ltr">Dear All,
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Following this thread, and comments on the FOSS4G 2018
          Github [1] I have created a google doc with an enhanced Code
          of Conduct: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k_zWD2dnMg0T-EhA2l828xkLxGyMHpLOuc0WxB5vfkM/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.<wbr>com/document/d/1k_zWD2dnMg0T-<wbr>EhA2l828xkLxGyMHpLOuc0WxB5vfkM<wbr>/edit?usp=sharing</a>
          I welcome all to review.</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Many thanks,</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Mark</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>[1] <a href="https://github.com/foss4g2018/foss4g2018/issues/65" target="_blank">Suggested changes to Code of Conduct
            · Issue #65 · foss4g2018/foss4g2018</a></div>
      </div>
      <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">On 31 March 2018 at 22:25, Cameron
          Shorter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
          <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
              <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>
              <div>
                <div class="m_1904402173103101628h5">
                  <p><br>
                  </p>
                  <br>
                  <div class="m_1904402173103101628m_-4786881409578026915moz-cite-prefix">On
                    1/4/18 1:16 am, Mark Iliffe wrote:<br>
                  </div>
                  <blockquote type="cite"> Dear All,
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>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" target="_blank">https://github.com/fos<wbr>s4g2018/foss4g2018/issues/65</a> </div>
                    <div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>Many thanks,</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>Mark</div>
                      <div><br>
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <div>On 9 Mar 2018, at 13:44, Cameron Shorter
                            <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>>
                            wrote:</div>
                          <br class="m_1904402173103101628m_-4786881409578026915Apple-interchange-newline">
                          <div>
                            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
                              <p>Mark and others on this list,</p>
                              <p>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>
                              </p>
                              <p>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>Documents that I think need reworking
                                are:</p>
                              <p><a class="m_1904402173103101628m_-4786881409578026915moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/rfp/" target="_blank">https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/fo<wbr>ss4g/rfp/</a><br>
                              </p>
                              <p><a class="m_1904402173103101628m_-4786881409578026915moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FO<wbr>SS4G_Handbook</a></p>
                              <p>Warm regards, Cameron<br>
                              </p>
                              <br>
                              <div class="m_1904402173103101628m_-4786881409578026915moz-cite-prefix">On
                                8/3/18 1:16 am, Mark Iliffe wrote:<br>
                              </div>
                              <blockquote type="cite"> Dear María,
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>Thanks for the update on this, we
                                  as FOSS4G DLOC will follow and further
                                  participate with interest.</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>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><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>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">not</u> the
                                  case!! - but there is a difference
                                  between fact and perception
                                  unfortunately. </div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>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><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>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><u>YOU ARE
                                      WELCOME IN THIS COMMUNITY!</u></b></div>
                                <div><b><u><br>
                                    </u></b></div>
                                <div>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><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>Many thanks,</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>Mark</div>
                                <div>
                                  <div><br>
                                    <blockquote type="cite">
                                      <div>On 7 Mar 2018, at 02:37,
                                        María Arias de Reyna <<a href="mailto:delawen@gmail.com" target="_blank">delawen@gmail.com</a>>
                                        wrote:</div>
                                      <br class="m_1904402173103101628m_-4786881409578026915Apple-interchange-newline">
                                      <div>
                                        <div>Dear Mark,<br>
                                          <br>
                                          Thank you very much for your
                                          email.<br>
                                          <br>
                                          I agree we should continue the
                                          discussion in the open. Now we
                                          have a<br>
                                          clear view of the current
                                          situation from the board (and
                                          people<br>
                                          following that list). A reason
                                          why I personally haven't moved
                                          this<br>
                                          quicker more open is because I
                                          don't want OSGeo to be
                                          responsible of<br>
                                          people coming out of the
                                          closet on the community and
                                          then travelling<br>
                                          to Tanzania and having
                                          problems because of that. The
                                          risk is very low,<br>
                                          as you have confirmed, but
                                          this is a very sensitive issue
                                          in many<br>
                                          countries. Everyone should be
                                          aware of this before starting
                                          to point<br>
                                          personal experiences,
                                          especially people coming from
                                          privileged<br>
                                          countries where being LGBT+ is
                                          not only legal, but socially
                                          accepted.<br>
                                          <br>
                                          We have an OSGeo meeting in
                                          Bonn very soon and I think
                                          that is a<br>
                                          proper place to discuss this,
                                          as it will be face to face and
                                          some<br>
                                          people will be able to discuss
                                          this without having to write
                                          their<br>
                                          names anywhere. I agree there
                                          should be an LGBT+ group
                                          inside OSGeo,<br>
                                          and maybe we should provide
                                          the tools to allow members
                                          from sensitive<br>
                                          countries/personal situations
                                          to participate anonymously.
                                          (How? I<br>
                                          don't know yet.) And we should
                                          promote also some kind of
                                          diversity<br>
                                          advice group, where all kind
                                          of discriminations can be
                                          addressed.<br>
                                          Maybe merge this idea with the
                                          CoC team? Maybe a separated
                                          dedicated<br>
                                          team? I don't know.<br>
                                          <br>
                                          Thanks for this and if you
                                          need some immediate action
                                          from the board,<br>
                                          just let us know.<br>
                                          <br>
                                          Regards,<br>
                                          María.<br>
                                          <br>
                                          <br>
                                          <br>
                                          <br>
                                          On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 12:11
                                          AM, Mark Iliffe <<a href="mailto:markiliffe@gmail.com" target="_blank">markiliffe@gmail.com</a>>
                                          wrote:<br>
                                          <blockquote type="cite">Dear
                                            OSGeo Board,<br>
                                            <br>
                                            On the 20th of February I
                                            wrote in response to a
                                            concern raised on LGBT+<br>
                                            concerns in Dar es Salaam.
                                            To this, set out the
                                            following four action<br>
                                            points:<br>
                                            <br>
                                            <blockquote type="cite">To
                                              help move forward on this,
                                              we will 1. Ensure that we
                                              provide guidance<br>
                                              to those in our community
                                              on this issue; 2. Seek
                                              dialog within our
                                              community<br>
                                              on this issue, I am
                                              personally contactable on
                                              this and fully welcome any
                                              and<br>
                                              all people who wish to
                                              discuss this on a
                                              face-to-face (over VC) or
                                              any other<br>
                                              medium that the community
                                              would feel better with; 3.
                                              Recommend that the<br>
                                              board puts in place
                                              guidance for future OSGEO
                                              conferences other this
                                              issues;<br>
                                              4. Support the formation
                                              of an LGBT+ grouping
                                              within OSGEO to better
                                              support<br>
                                              appropriate guidance on
                                              this issue.<br>
                                            </blockquote>
                                            <br>
                                            <br>
                                            To update on this:<br>
                                            <br>
                                            1. We are collaborating with
                                            Humanitarian OpenStreetMap
                                            Team on this issue,<br>
                                            to ensure that the response
                                            to our mutual communities
                                            are in lock-step on<br>
                                            this issue. Guidance will be
                                            published for consultation
                                            for the conference<br>
                                            shortly;<br>
                                            2. I have reached out to
                                            members of the LGBT+
                                            community that I know<br>
                                            personally on a bilateral
                                            basis. I would welcome
                                            further dialogue with the<br>
                                            OSGeo LGBT+ community on a
                                            bilateral, private basis for
                                            people to voice<br>
                                            their concerns in
                                            confidence;<br>
                                            <br>
                                            Points 3 and 4 are of
                                            specific interest, in the
                                            view of the LOC of FOSS4G<br>
                                            2018, as we can set policy
                                            direction for our
                                            conference, but have no
                                            mandate<br>
                                            nor mechanism to set policy
                                            across OSGeo. To this end, I
                                            would formally<br>
                                            request, in my role of Chair
                                            of FOSS4G for the OSGeo
                                            Board to provide<br>
                                            direction to future FOSS4G
                                            conferences and to further
                                            support and service<br>
                                            this community within our
                                            wider community.<br>
                                            <br>
                                            Clearly, there is a desire
                                            for LGBT+ to be considered
                                            further in our<br>
                                            community - as noted in the
                                            transcript of the previous
                                            board meeting [1],<br>
                                            but I think this needs to be
                                            communicated to our wider
                                            community - I see the<br>
                                            discussions on the OSGeo
                                            board mailing list, though
                                            this may not have the<br>
                                            widest circulation. I am
                                            also available to have a
                                            video conference with the<br>
                                            board, at their earliest
                                            possible convenience if such
                                            an invitation was<br>
                                            extended.<br>
                                            <br>
                                            Finally, I really want to
                                            stress this for our
                                            conference in Dar es Salaam<br>
                                            this year to our community:
                                            We want to have the most
                                            inclusive conference<br>
                                            that we can possibly have.
                                            In the same way that
                                            previous FOSS4G events in<br>
                                            Boston and North Carolina
                                            have demonstrated, our
                                            conferences have dealt with<br>
                                            challenges within the wider
                                            legislative framework of
                                            their host country, we<br>
                                            as a community are welcoming
                                            to any and all with open
                                            arms. We will publish<br>
                                            guidance for those
                                            travelling, and if you still
                                            wish to participate but<br>
                                            cannot come to Dar es
                                            Salaam, get in touch with us
                                            - we will help you get<br>
                                            involved! Our FOSS4G will
                                            only be successful due to
                                            ALL the people in our<br>
                                            OSGeo community; we are a
                                            big and dynamic family - we
                                            will reflect and live<br>
                                            that this year in Dar es
                                            Salaam, and I hope in the
                                            many years to come.<br>
                                            <br>
                                            Best,<br>
                                            <br>
                                            Mark<br>
                                            <br>
                                            [1] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2018-03-01" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Bo<wbr>ard_Meeting_2018-03-01</a><br>
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                                            From: jorge.dejesus <<a href="mailto:jorge.dejesus@geocat.net" target="_blank">jorge.dejesus@geocat.net</a>><br>
                                            Date: 21 February 2018 at
                                            08:26<br>
                                            Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf]
                                            LGBT in Tanzania<br>
                                            To: <a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
                                            <br>
                                            <br>
                                            Hi to all<br>
                                            <br>
                                            I was following the LGBT  in
                                            Tanzania discussion, and I
                                            am happy to see the<br>
                                            question added to the next
                                            RfP.<br>
                                            <br>
                                            The discussion on LGBT
                                            rights and safety requires a
                                            bit of common sense, I<br>
                                            am LGBT it is one part of my
                                            live as being OsGEO member
                                            is another (one of<br>
                                            many) part(s), normally
                                            these two don't intercept
                                            much, personally I think<br>
                                            this is  why the LGBT
                                            community is present in
                                            OsGEO but very invisible.<br>
                                            What?? No LGBT birds of the
                                            feather in FOSS4G ???<br>
                                            <br>
                                            Having a code of conduct
                                            that is non discriminatory,
                                            we must take  into<br>
                                            consideration the rights of
                                            minorities and safety of ALL
                                            the participants of<br>
                                            and a OsGEO conference, the
                                            LOC have to do their best
                                            for the safety.  LOC<br>
                                            should also informed
                                             participants on what  are
                                            the real  problems that<br>
                                            participants may have to
                                            face, then is up to the
                                            participants to decide if<br>
                                            they fell comfortable to to
                                            attend the conference.<br>
                                            <br>
                                            Again, nice to see this
                                            topic discussed and remember
                                            these comments are my 2<br>
                                            cents<br>
                                            <br>
                                            Enjoy your day<br>
                                            Jorge<br>
                                            <br>
                                            <br>
                                            <br>
                                            On 21-02-18 10:30, Till
                                            Adams wrote:<br>
                                            <br>
                                            Darrell, @ohers,<br>
                                            <br>
                                            thanks for the sum up, I
                                            agree in including such a
                                            question in the next<br>
                                            RfP. In order to preserve
                                            your proposal, I've added
                                            your questionTill here:<br>
                                            <br>
                                            <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Rfp" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Rf<wbr>p</a><br>
                                            <br>
                                            I will add this to the next
                                            RfP-text.<br>
                                            <br>
                                            <br>
                                            Till<br>
                                            <br>
                                            <br>
                                            <br>
                                            Am 20.02.2018 um 18:32
                                            schrieb Darrell Fuhriman:<br>
                                            <br>
                                            "FOSS4G attracts a global,
                                            diverse community. Are there
                                            any laws, or<br>
                                            social norms, in your
                                            proposed location that would
                                            make members of our<br>
                                            community feel unsafe or
                                            unwelcome? That could
                                            include, but is not<br>
                                            limited to, anti-LGBTQ+
                                            policies, policies that
                                            would prevent the free<br>
                                            exercise of religion,
                                            restrictions on certain
                                            activities based on<br>
                                            gender or other factor,
                                            etc?”<br>
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