Thanks LA committee & the folks who wrote this, for making it happen. Also thanks for consulting with the community about it. <div>I look forward to hearing more about how this policy will be enacted on the mailing list in particular. Trollish behaviour online is different and somewhat harder to combat than jerky behaviour face to face at conferences.<br>
<div>I think Russell's suggestions are good, and I second heartily the suggestion that Dreamwidth's diversity statement is worth looking at.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!<br>Sarah<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Russell Coker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:russell@coker.com.au">russell@coker.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Tue, 13 Sep 2011, John Ferlito <<a href="mailto:johnf@inodes.org">johnf@inodes.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Linux Australia events are inclusive events which invite diverse<br>
> groups of people regardless of age, race, gender, sexuality, or<br>
> religion - to discuss and learn about all things Free and Open Source<br>
> in an environment of mutual respect, tolerance and encouragement, in<br>
> accordance with the Linux Australia statement of values<br>
> [<a href="http://linux.org.au/values" target="_blank">http://linux.org.au/values</a>]<br>
<br>
</div>Below is the relevant section of the values page. The difference between the<br>
two of them concerns race, nationality, ethnicity, ability, and "background"<br>
and "walks of life" (whatever those two may mean). I think it would be best<br>
to have these statements be the same and to not include anything which doesn't<br>
have a clear meaning. Also a generic "and other differences" might be<br>
appropriate. I think that the omission of ability in the above is<br>
significant.<br>
<br>
# People of all ages, genders, nationalities, ethnicities, backgrounds,<br>
# abilities and walks of life are part of the communities we serve. We respect<br>
# and encourage diversity at our conferences, events, and other activities.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.dreamwidth.org/legal/diversity" target="_blank">http://www.dreamwidth.org/legal/diversity</a><br>
<br>
The Dreamwidth statement is worth reading for inspiration.<br>
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