Thanks Pat and Mario, You found good words to express those ideas that the community does support.
I believe there is a related issue on which there is less consensus: positive discrimination. Compelling arguments can be made in favour of positive discrimination, but I think it is a tool to be used with great caution. The wording of the Berlin community's statement, in particular, seems to oppose it: "We strongly oppose any form of harassment or discrimination, including, but not limited to, all forms of sexism and racism." But there have been times when I felt an excess of gender-specific activities or discussion in forums where I expected the focus to be on technology and open access. I don't think that the issue of positive discrimination is the most important one in the area. I just wanted to take the opportunity to note that there are a range of attitudes towards it, and a range of approaches to achieving it's aims. Cheers, Chris On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Pat Allan <p...@freelancing-gods.com> wrote: > Hi everyone > > Just further to this, and all Melbourne Ruby events going forward: we’ll > be adopting the Ruby Australia Code of Conduct. It’s currently in the > process of being approved, and you can read the latest draft here: > > https://github.com/rubyaustralia/ruby.org.au/blob/coc/pages/code-of-conduct.html.md > > Mario and I are keen to ensure Melbourne Ruby continues to be a welcoming > and comfortable environment for everyone attending, and this code of > conduct is just one part of that. We also support and agree with the Berlin > Ruby community’s recent statement: > http://rubyberlin.org/2013-10-statement-community.html > > Finally: the Inspire9 fridge is now well stocked with non-alcoholic > options. Credit to the Rails Camp New Zealand team for the inspiration on > this. The beer’s not disappearing, but less emphasis on it (and more > alternatives) doesn’t hurt. > https://twitter.com/pat/status/392483957276545025 > > If anyone has any questions or comments related to this, you’re certainly > welcome to discuss it here, or with Mario or myself in person (though I > won’t be at the meeting tomorrow night - I *will* be at Rails Camp this > weekend though). > > — > Pat > > On 30 Oct 2013, at 12:58 pm, Mario Visic <ma...@mariovisic.com> wrote: > > Hi All > > A reminder that the monthly ruby meet will be hosted at inspire9 tomorrow > night from 6pm onwards. > We have some great talks lined up. You can find more info at the meetup > page. > > http://www.meetup.com/Ruby-On-Rails-Oceania-Melbourne/events/135216982 > > Cheers > Mario > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rails-oceania@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rails-oceania@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rails-oceania@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
