<div dir="ltr"><div>Maybe this discussion doesn't need more voices, but I'm speaking up anyway. Will attempt to be brief:</div><div><br></div><div>- I'm curious to hear answers to Darrell's question above -- "<span style="font-size:13px">What is the argument for why having a CoC is worse for the conference than not having one?"</span></div><div><br></div><div>- and +1 this from Camielle -- "<span style="font-size:13px">Just as a contributor agreement sets a baseline for those who want to make significant contributions to a certain codebase so too should a Code of Conduct set a baseline for anyone who wants to contribute to this community"</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>- and, re: Kate's earlier comment -- "<span style="font-size:13px">There are people that have pledged not to attend conferences without a code of conduct. ... I would have had to seriously consider if I wanted to keynote at a conference without a code of conduct if the team hadn't understood the need and put one in place."</span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px">--- at FOSS4G 2014, the organizers worked hard to make sure that the conference was accessible to the entire geospatial community, and not just those who have been traditionally in the room and/or comfortable in the room. This involved things like helping folks from underrepresented groups attend the conference. This also meant having a CoC, and enforcing that CoC when three (3) violations were brought to our attention.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div>I'll return to Darrell's question above, a slightly different angle -- what do you lose by having a CoC? What damage is done by actively working to ensure that an event is welcoming for all attendees?</div><div><br></div><div>-k.bott</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 7:13 AM, Darrell Fuhriman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darrell@garnix.org" target="_blank">darrell@garnix.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I have bunch of thoughts to add to the e-mails that came in overnight, and I’ll get to them later today, but in interim I have a simple question:<br>
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What is the argument for why having a CoC is worse for the conference than not having one?<br>
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