On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Matthew Garrett <mj...@srcf.ucam.org> wrote: > I'm uncomfortable attending a conference run by people who feel > uncomfortable with having such a policy. Such policies have proven more > effective than generic "Be friendly" policies in creating an atmosphere > of safety, and despite frequent claims that they'll result in a chilling > effect there's been no evidence of that whatsoever. > > I've been to five conferences so far this year. All have had a strong > anti-harassment policy. People have complained about the lack of tea. > People have complained about the distance from an airport. People have > complained about having a rail freight line running through the > convention centre. I have heard *no* complaints about the code of > conduct. I have seen nobody's speech stifled. I have seen no false > complaints made.
Have you been to FOSDEM? Have there been complaints about the FOSDEM policy not being enough or people boycotting the FOSDEM because of the lack of a stronger policy? > Given that many large conferences (including OSCON, LCA, the OpenStack > summit and every Linux Foundation event) with a cumulative total of > thousands of attendees have implemented such policies, if chilling > effects were likely shouldn't we have seen complaints already? You're using an argument that's been rightfully dismissed when used the other way around. "If harassment was such a big problem, I would have heard about it". When people get uncomfortable (be it because they've been harassed or because they feel oppressed by a policy), it is not reasonnable to expect them to talk openly about it. -- Alexandre Franke _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
