On Sun, May 16, 2021, 8:08 PM John R. S. Mascio <mas...@k5ryu.com> wrote:
> I have some questions, I feel, we need to seriously think about: > > *What do we hope to accomplish? *Have a CoC? Bad. Reasons for a CoC? > I'm sure we can come up with 1000's of reasons, and probably all good, but > a knee-jerk reaction we need one is not a reason to have one. But reasons > for it are the motivation, not the outcome. Are there laws or other rules > that possibly cover this better that we just need to use/enforce? Are > there other methods we can use? > The reason we need Codes of Conduct is that the origami community is not immune to having people act badly and is also diverse and global enough that large events are likely to bring together people with different backgrounds and from different cultures why have different assumptions about what is "reasonable". One impetus for this is that there are members of the origami community who have assaulted or harassed other members of the origami community at times and places in the past. Some of those victims do not feel comfortable attending a convention that does not have a Code of Conduct that provides adequate protection from further harm for victims that decide to come forward in the event that an incident does occur. I, personally, want more people to feel safe and comfortable attending more origami events and a robust Code of Conduct is one element that helps ensure that for some people. Malachi >
