[OSGeo-Discuss] Draft OSGeo Code of Conduct / Diversity Statement - take 2

Thu Apr 9 15:33:52 PDT 2015

OSGeo Conference Committee, Board, and others,
After reading many Code of Conducts and Diversity Statements, I've 
updated a proposed OSGeo Code of Conduct, which is very closely based on 
the Apache Code of Conduct (which is one of the most recent, and builds 
upon the best of earlier Code of Conducts).

I've taken on comments from OSGeo board meeting, and trimmed the 
"Exemplar Sources text", also moved the proposed OSGeo Code of Conduct 
to the top.

I invite others to review:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Diversity#OSGeo_Code_of_Conduct

Feel free to respond with comments to this list, or insert in:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Diversity#Community_Comments

On 9/04/2015 10:58 pm, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> OSGeo Board,
> Re the "Diversity" item on the agenda for the next meeting, I thought 
> I should give an update.
>
> As below, it seems that the most recent CoC from Apache looks to be an 
> improvement on the many before it. (It includes a CoC and Diversity 
> statement), and I suggest that an OSGeo CoC/Diversity Statement is 
> based upon the Apache one.
>
> I've taken a first draft at such a document here:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Diversity#Draft_OSGeo_Code_of_Conduct
>
> It could do with a review.
>
> Note, I've also listed a number of other CoC/Diversity statements in 
> this wiki, along with pros and cons for each (the page is now getting 
> a bit big).
>
> Regards,
> Cameron
>
> On 3/04/2015 10:06 pm, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> I've been reading a lot of CoC statements over the last few days, and 
>> can see how there has been a continual refinement with each new 
>> version over time.
>>
>> 2010: Geek Feminism Anti Harassment Policy, 
>> http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment_policy
>>
>> 2012: JSConf Code of Conduct, http://jsconf.com/codeofconduct.html
>>
>> 2012: O'Reilly Code of Conduct, 
>> http://www.oreilly.com/conferences/code-of-conduct.html
>>
>> April 2014: Debian Code of Conduct, 
>> https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct
>>
>> Dec 2014: Apache CoC, 
>> https://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/conduct.html
>>
>> I like the Apache CoC, which is well written, and refines and extends 
>> the best of prior CoCs.
>>
>> My thoughts are now moving toward adopting a CoC based on this Apache 
>> CoC.
>>
>> On 3/04/2015 5:38 pm, Eli Adam wrote:
>>>> With so many variants on the CoC/Diversity Statement, it would be 
>>>> great if a
>>>> international standard could be created, such as done for Open Source
>>>> Licenses.
>>> I think that there are a few CoC consolidation efforts like that
>>> currently, here is one [4] and another [5] that reference the first.
>>> I can't find all the links right now but recall them from the past.
>>> There was some OSM work to make one specific to mailing lists [6].
>>> Here are a handful of additional CoCs too [7], [8], [9], [10].
>>>
>>> CoC is inherently different than licenses.  Licenses have
>>> compatibility issues and there are strong forces which promote
>>> well-known compatible licenses.  Various companies have lawyers review
>>> licenses for compatibility too.  There is no concept of compatibility
>>> in CoC, nor are diverse legal resources dedicated to it.  So CoC is a
>>> realm (unlike licenses) where everyone can have their just slightly
>>> different CoC without causing incompatibility.  Despite the
>>> variability, all strive to promote a safe, productive, functioning
>>> community for all.
>>>
>>> Eli
>>>
>>>
>>> [4] http://citizencodeofconduct.org/
>>> [5] http://www.rust-lang.org/conduct.html
>>> [6] 
>>> https://github.com/osmlab/codes-of-conduct/blob/master/mailing_lists/code_of_conduct.md
>>> [7] https://github.com/codeforamerica/codeofconduct
>>> [8] https://github.com/twitter/code-of-conduct
>>> [9] https://github.com/python/pycon-code-of-conduct
>>> [10] https://github.com/selenamarie/conference_policies (list of
>>> others, mostly ~2012)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Diversity#Draft_OSGeo_Code_of_Conduct
>>>> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Diversity#Debian_Code_of_Conduct
>>>> [3]
>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Diversity#Geek_Feminism_Template_Anti_Harassment_Policy 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 31/03/2015 5:40 pm, Maria Antonia Brovelli wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I agree. Diversity also refers to language. We have to start 
>>>> reason on
>>>> that as a richness and not as a barrier. I like to have this item 
>>>> in the
>>>> CoC.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Best.
>>>>
>>>> Maria
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Da: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
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>>>> Inviato: martedì 31 marzo 2015 08.33
>>>> A: Andrea Aime; Cameron Shorter
>>>> Cc: OSGeo Discussions
>>>> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Discussion on statement : avoiding 
>>>> slang. Was:
>>>> Drafting a Diversity statement for the foundation (call for input)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> My experience within OSGeo was positive so far. At FOSS4G, 
>>>> sometimes people
>>>> forget, that half of the crowd speaks English only occasionally, 
>>>> which can
>>>> lead to misunderstandings.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway: I would like to point out, that it is not only matter of 
>>>> writing,
>>>> but also talking (at foss4gs, sprints, ...) In public but also in 
>>>> private,
>>>> what can be even harder than writing (you can not take your time to 
>>>> figure
>>>> out the best way how to express, what you need).
>>>>
>>>> And yes, having something like that in CoC would be nice.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> J
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015, 22:00 Andrea Aime <andrea.aime at geo-solutions.it>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Cameron Shorter 
>>>> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks all for the feedback.
>>>> So my question is:
>>>> 1. Should our Code of Conduct/Diversity statement mention that we 
>>>> have a
>>>> multilingual community?
>>>>
>>>> I believe it's still a good idea.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2. What should we recommend that all, and especially native 
>>>> speakers do to
>>>> make our community welcoming to non-native speakers?
>>>>
>>>> I'd suggest, just a reminder that the level of written English can 
>>>> vary a
>>>> lot, ranging from cases where the lack of fluency is
>>>>
>>>> evident, to cases where the sentence seems just too direct/rude, so
>>>> generally speaking, it's a good idea to try and be patient
>>>>
>>>> and understanding.
>>>>
>>>> Sometimes I wish there was a guide of typical 
>>>> expectations/orientations
>>>> varying culture by culture, to try
>>>>
>>>> and understand better where people are coming from and put what 
>>>> they say in
>>>> context (this example
>>>>
>>>>   might be wrong or just a silly generalizations, but just to give 
>>>> you an
>>>> idea, I've heard
>>>>
>>>> Japanese normally won't say no in a conversation, you have to 
>>>> figure it out,
>>>> and other cultures surely
>>>>
>>>> have their "surprising" traits as well).
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Andrea
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