[Board] Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Code of Conduct in Real Case

[Bart van den Eijnden]

Hey Jeff,

if you truly feel this way, please put forward a motion on the next board meeting. This needs to be decided by the board as a whole I guess.

Personally I’m not in favour of destroying all that good work, but I also understand the need to move forward. Where are those discussions happening right now?

Best regards,
Bart

> I suggest, propose, that if there is no implementation plan for the Code
> of Conduct by the 1st of September, that the Code of Conduct is removed
> from all visible OSGeo pages, and is replaced with a simple Diversity
> statement.
> 
> I am sorry for being direct here, but, as you can see, this needs to
> move forward, or not at all.
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jeff McKenna
> President, OSGeo
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 2015-06-24 7:22 AM, Sanghee Shin wrote:
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> It’s now time to apply OSGeo CoC(Code of Conduct)[0] in real case.
>> 
>> I was asked to remove a few slides from my presentation "7 Reasons why you should come to FOSS4G 2015 Seoul”[1], which is at the main page of FOSS4G Seoul, as being possibly offensive to women. Specifically to say, slide #6 (nude female in painting) and slide #20 (row of female models) are those controversial ones.
>> 
>> I refused this asking immediately because I don’t believe my presentation breach the OSGeo CoC and I don’t agree with that view.
>> 
>> However since this is not the first time asking me to remove those slides from my presentation and OSGeo now have CoC, I think we’d better discuss this issue more openly to reach conclusions.
>> 
>> I might be wrong and I’d like to hear other people’s opinion on this from all around the world. Also I expect Conference Committee’s input as well, because this is the matter of OSGeo conference.
>> 
>> I’m open to remove/amend/keep those slides after hearing other people’s opinions on this. Also I believe it’ll be a great chance for OSGeo to learn how to apply CoC in real cases.
>> 
>> *Sidenote for defending myself:
>> - Slide #6 is the part of Salvador Dali’s well known painting named “Lincoln in Dalivision”[2]
>> - Slide #20 is the picture of famous girl group, Girls’ Generation(SNSD)[3], which I believe as symbolic icon of wide spread of Korean culture(K-Culture) in/around Asia.
>> 
>> All the best,
>> 
>> Sanghee
>> 
>> [0]http://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct
>> [1]http://2015.foss4g.org
>> [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_in_Dalivision
>> [3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls%27_Generation
>> ---
>> Sanghee Shin, Chair of FOSS4G 2015 Seoul
>> "Toward Diversity! FOSS4G Bigbang from Seoul!"
>> http://2015.foss4g.org
>> Twitter: @foss4g
>> Facebook: FOSS4G2015
>> email: foss4gchair at osgeo.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
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