Hi Kyle, IMO, this is less an instrument to keep people playing nice and more an instrument to point to in the event that we have to take action against an offender.
-Mike On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Kyle Banerjee <kyle.baner...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Jon Stroop <jstr...@princeton.edu> wrote: > > > It's sad that we have to address this formally (as formal as c4l gets > > anyway), but that's reality, so yes, bess++ indeed, and mjgiarlo++, > > anarchivist++ for the quick assist. > > > > This. > > > > To that end, and as a show of (positive) force--not to mention how cool > > our community is--I think it might be neat if we could find a way to make > > whatever winds up being drafted something we can sign; i.e. attach our > > personal names > > > > Diversity and inclusiveness is a state of mind, and our individual and > collective actions exert that force than any policy or pledge ever could. > > I'm hoping that things can be handled with the minimum formality necessary > and that if something needs to be fixed, people can just talk about it so > things can be made right. If we need a policy, I'm all for it. But it's > truly a sad day if policy rather than just being motivated to do the right > thing is what's keeping people playing nice. > > kyle >
