<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">There was also a short CoC for 2013 at <a href="http://2013.foss4g.org/code-of-conduct/" class="">http://2013.foss4g.org/code-of-conduct/</a> which corresponds to the short version of the 2015 NA CoC<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">David, this is a great initiative. Can we consider mandating a standard (and evolving through experience) CoC for all FOSS4G branded events and any other vents that claim to be affiliated to OSGeo?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 8 Jan 2015, at 17:08, David William Bitner <<a href="mailto:bitner@dbspatial.com" class="">bitner@dbspatial.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Great! Thanks Sanghee!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Has your team considered adding a code of conduct to your website? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The past two FOSS4G global events have included CoC's on the website as well as asking registrants to agree to the CoC by a checkbox on the registration form.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://2014.foss4g.org/attending/code-of-conduct/" class="">https://2014.foss4g.org/attending/code-of-conduct/</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and <a href="https://2015.foss4g-na.org/code-conduct" class="">https://2015.foss4g-na.org/code-conduct</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>are some examples that have been used.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We have received a lot of positive response from attendees since adding these to the conferences and have certainly seen an impact in gender diversity since incorporating CoC's into our websites along with other outreach and diversity initiatives. It is a very easy step towards ensuring that everyone is assured of the expectation of a welcoming conference! I am sure that other past conference chairs on this list can speak up to their experiences as well.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope all is going well with planning for the event!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sincerely,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">David</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Sanghee Shin<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:endofcap@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">endofcap@gmail.com</a>></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class="">Hi David, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m on the list. You can talk to me directly. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With regards, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sanghee</div><div class="">---</div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">Sanghee Shin, Chair of FOSS4G 2015 Seoul <br class="">"Toward Diversity! FOSS4G Bigbang from Seoul!"<br class=""><a href="http://2015.foss4g.org/" target="_blank" class="">http://2015.foss4g.org</a></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">Twitter: @foss4g<br class="">Facebook: FOSS4G2015</div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:foss4gchair@osgeo.org" target="_blank" class="">foss4gchair@osgeo.org</a></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">2015. 1. 8., 오후 4:22, David William Bitner <<a href="mailto:bitner@dbspatial.com" target="_blank" class="">bitner@dbspatial.com</a>> 작성:</div><br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr" class="">Dear Conference Committee,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It has recently been brought to my attention by a member of our community that she noticed the absence of a Code of Conduct for the upcoming Seoul FOSS4G. I took this as a huge sign that the work that has been done by LOCs in recent FOSS4G, regional OSGeo events, and other technology and geography events towards encouraging diversity and a welcoming atmosphere to all is indeed being noticed. I have also been excited to see based simply on the measure of gender diversity that the numbers of female speakers has been steadily moving up over the past couple years.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would like to encourage the Conference Committee (and I am volunteering to do much of the leg work) to provide guidelines for implementing a Code of Conduct at events for all FOSS4G/OSGeo related events and to include diversity initiatives as part of future calls for proposals for the international event.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">While I believe it is too late for the conference committee to make any mandates to the Seoul team, is there anyone who knows the folks on the LOC that would be willing to help me reach out to explain the importance of these initiatives?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">David</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><div class="">************************************<br class="">David William Bitner<div class="">dbSpatial LLC</div><div class=""><a href="tel:612-424-9932" value="+16124249932" target="_blank" class="">612-424-9932</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">Conference_dev mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank" class="">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br class=""><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev" target="_blank" class="">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><div class="gmail_signature">************************************<br class="">David William Bitner<div class="">dbSpatial LLC</div><div class="">612-424-9932</div></div></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Conference_dev mailing list</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>