[TriLUG] Palmer for another SC term; proposed amendment to the bylaws

[David Both]

+1

On 04/25/2013 09:20 AM, Barry Peddycord III wrote:
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>> 1 - Not tolerating harassment, and avoiding gender and sexual
>> orientation bias (which seems to be a large component of the
>> policy) , should be an obvious part of *any* discourse in *any*
>> civilized society.  TriLUG does not have, and does not need, an
>> anti-slavery policy, because we do not have a membership which
>> would tolerate enslaving other members.
> Given the number of incidents among tech groups and conferences [1]
> and the fact that North Carolina pretty much passed an amendment to
> its constitution that codifies such discrimination, there are any
> number of reasons for a rational person to believe otherwise. The
> current stigma is that technical groups like *UGs don't take
> discrimination seriously and dismiss (or, at worst, retaliate) against
> newcomers who file grievances. This reinforces the exclusion they feel
> when they are subjected to harassment in the first place.
>
> I feel like there are three components to a good anti-harassment
> policy: what we expect from the members of our community and guests in
> our home, the procedures to file grievances, and what someone who
> files a grievance can expect. It's part PR and part procedure, and I'm
> under the impression that the proposed bylaw is a little lacking on
> the procedure side, since the expectations are fuzzy.
>
> Putting this into our bylaws won't end harassment, but it lets
> everyone know whose side we're on when the chips are down.
>
> Most sincerely,
> Barry Peddycord III
>
> [1] http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Incidents
>
> PS: Since harassment is a necessary precondition of slavery, this
> proposed bylaw kills two birds with one stone. :)
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