<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Cameron,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I think you misunderstood the aim of my comment.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I am not talking about human rights as such. (Unless they are threatened, of course)</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I am addressing the need to guard and promote our inclusivity. If we want to grow and develop as a community we need to take any past/present/future concern about it seriously. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">That is an integral part of our marketing and communications effort: avoid wrong perceptions and manage our public image where/when possible. Whether such perceptions address the nature of our code, our projects, our members, our organisation and its policies or our activities.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br>Hope this clarifies, cheers,<div>Marc Vloemans</div><div><br></div></div><div><br>Op 30 mei 2016 om 23:28 heeft Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> het volgende geschreven:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p>All,</p>
<p>While I'm hugely in favour of mutual respect, and I personally
co-authored the OSGeo Code-Of-Conduct, I feel that OSGeo shouldn't
aim to be a forum for human rights. (There are other places for
this).<br>
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<p>Our primary focus should be on supporting the creation of great
OSGeo code, and supporting the communities doing this.</p>
<p>Having a Code-Of-Conduct in place is a small part of supporting a
community, and we should refer to it in cases where conversations
or interactions deviate from good behavior, but I'm hopeful that
we can leave it at that, and focus our time on our core code
writing passions.</p>
<p>Warm regards, Cameron<br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 30/05/2016 7:30 pm, Marc Vloemans
wrote:<br>
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<div>Thanks Andrea,</div>
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<div id="AppleMailSignature">You are quite right, unfortunately.
Sharing and discussing experiences and insights on this could
come across as negative.</div>
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<div id="AppleMailSignature">The same happened when I read an
earlier discussion on a Code of Conduct for conferences. Frankly
I was abhorred that such code was deemed necessary. Until I
realised that I was perhaps ignorant (living in Amsterdam is
such a privilege).</div>
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<div id="AppleMailSignature">Can I invite you to share your
list-of-thoughts regarding potential pitfalls for a Conference
at least with me (marcvloemans1[at]<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a>)? It would be such a
shame if we unintentionally overlook the obvious!</div>
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<div id="AppleMailSignature">Cheers,</div>
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<br>
I started to write a whole bunch of thoughts related to this
but instead decided against as I felt it was stating the
obvious and I didn't want the thoughts to be perceived as
negative.<br>
<br>
The essence was that these things you have listed are
great, and they help keep things from being screwed up, but
they're not the hard work that it takes to really make a
difference. So good, but so much more is needed.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Andrea<br>
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<div>Dear all,</div>
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<div>To build upon the positive results as mentioned in the
thread below, I invite anyone to supply any suggestion
that may support the LOC FOSS4G 2016 in Bonn Germany,
regarding diversity related policies during the actual
Conference. Either directly to me or via this list.</div>
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<div>As LOC we strive to be aware that public policies and
personal experiences vary per continent, region, country
and/or province. However, living in Western-Europe we
sometimes are unaware how fortunate we are! That could
hinder us in anticipating potential fears, uncertainties
and doubts that visitors to Bonn may have.</div>
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<div>For starters, please note the following from <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Germany"></a><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Germany">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Germany</a> :</div>
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<div>"<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255,
0);">Germany has become the first country in Europe to
enact a law that allows German citizens to choose to
neither identify as male or female on their birth
certificate, which has been said to specifically
benefit <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphrodites" title="Hermaphrodites" class="mw-redirect" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;
background-image: none; text-decoration: none;">hermaphrodites</a> and <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex" title="Intersex" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align:
baseline; background-image: none; text-decoration:
none;">intersex</a> persons."</span></div>
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<div>Unfortunately same sex marriage is still 'under
construction', but that does not reflect negatively on a
number of laws protecting the rights of the LGBTI
community (including registered partnership).</div>
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<div>Best regards and hopefully we meet in Bonn,</div>
<div>
<div>
<div>Marc Vloemans</div>
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Vriendelijke groet,
<div>Marc Vloemans</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear Kristin, Everyone<br>
<br>
The sex/gender split was similar for FOSS4G NA 2016 as
FOSS4G NA 2015. In the range of 25 to 30 percent women
for both speakers and attendees. We don't ask people
their gender as part of submitting or registering, so
this is obviously a best effort from having met a
number of folks, and discretely Google-stalking them
just a little.<br>
<br>
We probably had a record high number of trans people
participate, despite North Carolina's HB2. Also
because of HB2, many LGBT people reached out to me
before the conference to understand what was being
done, and to help decide whether to boycott or not. We
are so grateful that so many did not boycott, and came
anyway. It was a moving experience for me to learn how
big the LGBT part of the community is and get a bit of
the sense of how important the work they're doing is.<br>
<br>
Also, I want to call out the exemplary work of the
Raleigh Convention Center. They really went above and
beyond to ensure our attendees were safe and
comfortable. So far as I know, there were zero
instances of harassment of LGBT people. Laurie Okun
from the Convention Center in particular was a
superstar and so impressive & professional from
our first contact when trying to assess Raleigh,
through the chaos that HB2 inflicted, and to the
post-conference follow-up. We are grateful.<br>
<br>
So many good things to note. I also want to note that
it is still a mostly white conference. So the job is
not done, and there's still much more important work
to be done.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Andrea<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Thanks for sharing the
synopsis; I'm especially encouraged by (1) gender
(identity) parity in the planning committee (2)
strong presence of female-identifying folk at the
conference and (3) continued financial support for
attendees.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">I'd be curious what the
gender split was across attendees v. speakers --
possibly something worth tracking across years of
conferences to get a sense of any shifts in
attendee demographics.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">cheers -</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">-k.bott</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 27, 2016 at
7:09 AM, Mark Lucas <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:mlucas17@mac.com" target="_blank"></a><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mlucas17@mac.com">mlucas17@mac.com</a>></span>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">I had the
pleasure of serving as the OSGeo
representative for the 2016 FOSS4G NA
conference selection and planning. I
thought the team did an excellent job in
selecting, planning and running the
conference. The team made the decision to
not pursue a 2017 NA conference so as not to
compete for resources with the OSGeo
international conference. Our efforts will
focus on 2018 planning and selection for the
next NA regional conference.
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<div>On a personal note I was initially
concerned about how the relationship with
Location Tech and OSGeo would evolve. Our
teaming has resulted in yet another
successful conference that I believe plays
to the strengths of both organizations. I
was very pleased with the openness and
collaboration that I witnessed.</div>
<div>— Mark<br>
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<div>The synopsis from Andrea Ross is
included below:
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<div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FOSS4G
NA 2016 Synopsis (please feel free to
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<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.333333333333332px;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="line-height:1.755;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The
conference ran from May 2-5, at
the Raleigh Convention Center, in
Raleigh North Carolina. The code
sprint & unconference ran May
6 & 7 at Red Hat’s
headquarters, a few blocks from
the convention center. A Tour of
the NCSU OSGeo Research and
Education lab took place on May
6th.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.333333333333332px;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="line-height:1.755;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The
conference featured 1 day of
workshops, 3 days of sessions, a
code sprint, an unconference, and
social events every night. There
were 93 full length (35 minute)
sessions, 36 short length (15
minute) sessions, 10 workshops,
and 3 keynotes. This represented
an increase in full length. The
rooms were generally always near
full or slightly overflowing for
particularly popular talks,
despite them being big rooms.</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.333333333333332px;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="line-height:1.755;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The
conference grew by 33% . There
were 558 attendees. This level of
increase is very positive, when so
many other conferences are in
decline.</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.333333333333332px;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="line-height:1.755;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Like
2015’s team, 50% of the 2016
committee were women. Also like
2015, a significant proportion of
speakers and attendees were women
(in the 30% range), which is great
to see.</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.333333333333332px;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="line-height:1.755;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">23
people were at the conference who
wouldn't have otherwise been
without the financial support we
gave them.</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.333333333333332px;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="line-height:1.755;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">From
the attendee survey, people were
clearly thrilled about the
conference... 99% positive
feedback. (n=102). The one
negative response said they were
disappointed there was no lunch
served. We’re not sure how they
missed it! The venue, the strong
program, and the positive &
supportive atmosphere were the
things people commented
(positively) on most.</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.333333333333332px;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="line-height:1.755;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">People
loved the keynotes, and especially
Tamar Cohen's entitled Extreme
Mapping.</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.333333333333332px;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="line-height:1.755;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The
video recordings of sessions are
being uploaded to Youtube, with
dozens up, and more each day.</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.333333333333332px;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="line-height:1.755;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">90%
of sponsors rated the value
excellent. 10% rated it very good.
The layout of the conference was
especially appreciated as it meant
plenty of traffic for sponsors at
all times.</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
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<div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This
year’s conference was produced by
Andrea Ross and the team at the
Eclipse Foundation, the same as 2015.
Sarah Cordivano served as Community
Chair. Rob Emanuele was Program
Committee Chair, repeating the same
role he performed in 2015.</span></div>
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