[Battlemesh] Code of conduct

[Mitar]

Hi!

OK, I hopped it is clear why code of conduct is needed.

Code of conduct is to empower individuals who experience conduct
violation. Not for the community as a whole. If community as a whole
experience something problematic, community can handle it. But the
question is what are we providing to individuals to feel safe and
welcome? Are we providing for them some "rules of the space" to give
them such safe space? So that they can know what to expect, that their
backs are covered, and what are steps they can take if they feel violated.

Also, having code of conduct is useful because it can make violations be
handled privately, without victim having to expose themselves publicly,
making the whole thing public. Sometimes it can be a pretty easy
solution (apologizing and recognizing the issue), but if the issue gets
pumped to the whole community, because this is the only way we know how
to deal with things, it can get out of hands (victim blaming/shaming, etc.).

We want our conference to be inclusive and safe space. And existence of
code of conduct is a signal that we are at least trying to make it so.

If you feel that it is not needed, congratulations, you are lucky and/or
privileged. But can you imagine a situation when something happens to
somebody/they experience something and they do not know what to do? To
whom to talk? What, the best option is to send a public e-mail to the
mailing list?

If your answer is, "no, they should just go and talk to XY", exactly,
then we have a code of conduct, so let's just write it down.

This one is a good code of conduct for events:

http://opensourcebridge.org/about/code-of-conduct/

Another great resource:

http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment/Policy

(See the answer under "Why have an official anti-harassment policy for
your conference?")

http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Code_of_conduct_evaluations

See also section under "diversity":

https://opensource.com/life/15/7/how-to-plan-an-open-source-event


Mitar

> 
> 
> On 29/07/15 20:48, Gio wrote:
>> I agree with Antonio, in the past we had an incident with a talk that was
>> military propaganda, almost everyone boycotted the talk as soon as she/he
>> realized it was military propaganda, there was no code of conduct but
>> community expressed his will, and from that moment everyone know that
>> military
>> stuff are not welcomed at Battlemesh
> 
> You should probably rephrase that to 'any propaganda / marketing talk is
> not welcome, and that includes from government, companies and everyone
> else'.
> 
> 
> 

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