[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Statement on Community Standards

[Bruce Bannerman]

Agreed Jody.

My preference is the Berlin Code of Conduct. It is short, succinct and says what we need to say in a number of languages.

Bruce

> On 1 Jun 2021, at 03:57, Jody Garnett via Discuss <discuss at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Astrid:
> 
> The page links to the code of conduct for several communities, but we no longer have a single code of conduct as an organization. Indeed projects / events / local chapters are able to choose an appropriate code of conduct - just like we ask free and open source projects to choose an appropriate license for their community.
> 
> Personally I recommend adopting one of the community managed code of conducts (Berlin Code of Conduct or Contributor Covenant) since it is not a lot of fun to write one of these things and keep it up to date. Or keep it simple, as the bards once said: Be excellent to each other
> --
> Jody Garnett
> 
> 
>> On Sun, 30 May 2021 at 23:18, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) via Discuss <discuss at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>> 2021-05-31
>> News Item: 
>> https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeo-statement-on-community-standards/
>> 
>> The OSGeo Board of Directors issues this statement in response to recent 
>> events in the tech and global communities in relation to issues of 
>> inclusion, equity, and justice:
>> 
>> OSGeo strives to be an open, welcoming, and safe community and, to that 
>> end, we continue to work to improve how we treat all members of our 
>> community.  We believe our community is built on the collective of all 
>> of our actions and that each individual has an impact on whether people 
>> feel welcome.
>> 
>> OSGeo values the contributions of each and every member in all aspects 
>> of the organization, including (but not limited to) using and promoting 
>> open source geospatial software, contributing code, documentation, event 
>> speakers, participating in joint events with other organizations, or 
>> within  various committees.
>> 
>> All participants, regardless of how or where they participate in OSGeo 
>> activities, are expected to behave with integrity and respect for all 
>> people.  We encourage all members to review the Code of Conduct, make 
>> necessary adjustments to their behaviors as needed, and to discuss the 
>> Code of Conduct within committees and projects.
>> Code of conduct: https://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct/
>> 
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