[Noisebridge-discuss] NB has an antil-harrasment policy that was consensused on.

[Steve Churchill]

'Be excellent to each other' (or GTFO)



On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Robert Chu <robert.chu01 at gmail.com> wrote:

> One great thing about this is that gives us a reference point to recommend
> to people to check out, for any reason.
>
> Cheers
> RAYC
>
> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Robert Chu <robert.chu01 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> This is what Noisebridge has set forth so far and is not limited to being
>> modified, hacked, and our updated through consensus....
>>
>> Noisebridge is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for
>> everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual
>> orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion.
>> We do not tolerate harassment of people at our events or space in any form.
>> Sexual language and imagery should be only be used for women-positive
>> purposes in accordance with best practices advocated by professional sex
>> educators (if you’re not sure what those are, don’t do it). People
>> violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the space or the
>> event at the discretion of any Noisebridge member.
>> Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, gender
>> identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical
>> appearance, body size, race, religion, sexual images in public spaces,
>> deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or
>> recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate
>> physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention. People asked to stop any
>> harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.
>> I will also work toward printing this out and putting it up in the front
>> in the next couple of days (as I am currently in the middle of a couple of
>> other projects).
>>
>> Cheers
>> Rayc
>> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com>wrote:
>>
>>> This is excellent news. Where is this policy written down? On the wiki
>>> somewhere? I just did a search and did not find it...
>>>
>>> -Rachel
>>>
>>> On Sep 29, 2013, at 2:03 PM, Robert Chu <robert.chu01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Yea!!!
>>> >
>>> > Even though there is a lot of hacking and updating that is quite a few
>>> people are working toward doing, the policy so far is a great start.
>>> >
>>> > I think this is a great step in a positive direction for Noisebridge,
>>> especially one that I feel will lead to less to no drama in the space, and
>>> also a lot more hacking, teaching, learning, mentoring, tutoring, and all
>>> of those other awesome things that happen here.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Cheers
>>> > Rayc
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