[OSGeo-Conf] LGBT in Tanzania

[Bart van den Eijnden]

Shouldn't this be part of our selection criteria for the next conferences?

Best regards,

Bart


On 19-02-18 22:48, María Arias de Reyna wrote:
> Thanks Mark, any further information will be very helpful :)
>
> El 19 feb. 2018 10:45 p. m., "Mark Iliffe" <markiliffe at gmail.com 
> <mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>> escribió:
>
>     Hi Maria,
>
>     Yes, it is partly. Our LOC is formalising a partnership with HOT
>     currently, as per an earlier email to the list, and this is our
>     first topic of discussion. With regard to the legislation, it is
>     unfortunately a legacy from the colonial times, as someone who had
>     lived there for 6 years in a vibrant international community, I am
>     yet to see an instance where these laws have been applied -
>     however, I stress, this is my personal view.
>
>     Our plan is to hold further consultations with the OSGEO LGBT+
>     community and I have personally reached out to those in a 
>     position of responsibility within this intersection for further
>     advice. I assisted HOT with drafting their initial response [1] to
>     this concern also.
>
>     As the FOSS4G 2018 co-chair, I would welcome that people share
>     their concerns publicly, or if they wish, privately with myself.
>     But on behalf of the LOC, I stress that our stated vision in both
>     our proposal and now, through our website, is to the most
>     inclusive FOSS4G that we can be. We, as a LOC, are firmly
>     committed to equality, regardless of sexual orientation, gender,
>     race, and creed. We want to provide the safest possible space at
>     this year's FOSS4G, setting this out in both our vision and Code
>     of Conduct [2].
>
>     We will be discussing this in our weekly LOC meeting tomorrow and
>     I will, in due course, feedback to this list.
>
>     Best,
>
>     Mark Iliffe
>     2018 FOSS4G Co-Chair
>
>
>     [1]
>     https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/2018-February/014201.html
>     <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/2018-February/014201.html>
>
>     [2] http://2018.foss4g.org/code-of-conduct.html
>     <http://2018.foss4g.org/code-of-conduct.html>
>
>     On 19 February 2018 at 16:00, María Arias de Reyna
>     <delawen at gmail.com <mailto:delawen at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hi,
>
>         I'm following this conversation on HOT:
>
>         https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/2018-February/014199.html
>         <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/2018-February/014199.html>
>
>         Is this real? Do this year's organisation have a plan? Is it
>         legacy deprecated laws or are they being applied? Do we have a
>         problem with LGBT+ next FOSS4G? Should we warn the community?
>         Can we do something about it?
>
>         Regards,
>         Maria.
>
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