Re: [CODE4LIB] some radical edit of policy

2012-12-03 Thread Andreas Orphanides
Karen, you should send this back to the Geek Feminism folks -- I am sure they'd be interested in seeing your edits, and they also like to report on orgs that have implemented such policies in general. On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: I prefer the tone and

Re: [CODE4LIB] some radical edit of policy

2012-12-03 Thread Karen Coyle
Thanks, I'll try to rmember -- when we've finished -- I suspect we have a ways to go. kc On 12/3/12 6:08 AM, Andreas Orphanides wrote: Karen, you should send this back to the Geek Feminism folks -- I am sure they'd be interested in seeing your edits, and they also like to report on orgs that

Re: [CODE4LIB] some radical edit of policy

2012-12-03 Thread Peter Murray
I may have inadvertently logged a pull request when I made some minor edits to you changes: https://github.com/code4lib/antiharassment-policy/pull/20 First off, kcoyle++. I like the rethinking of the focus of the document. I added a missing work and tweaked a few other words. The pull

Re: [CODE4LIB] some radical edit of policy

2012-12-03 Thread Cary Gordon
I agree with removing the list of sanctions. Cary On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: Peter, I removed the list of sanctions because it seemed unnecessarily ...punitive. Sometimes, the whole incident may consist only of reminding someone that their language

[CODE4LIB] some radical edit of policy

2012-12-02 Thread Karen Coyle
I did a somewhat radical edit of the policy. To me it sounded heavy-handed, and I didn't think that we needed such in our community. I also want to distinguish between bloopers that need correction and active harassment. A lot of discriminatory language is unconscious but still should be

Re: [CODE4LIB] some radical edit of policy

2012-12-02 Thread Birkin Diana
kcoyle++ i like the way it merges clarity of commitment with positive tone. -b --- Birkin James Diana Programmer, Digital Technologies Brown University Library birkin_di...@brown.edu On Dec 2, 2012, at 11:15 AM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: I did a somewhat radical edit of the

Re: [CODE4LIB] some radical edit of policy

2012-12-02 Thread Cary Gordon
I prefer the tone and language in your version. kcoyle++ On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: I did a somewhat radical edit of the policy. To me it sounded heavy-handed, and I didn't think that we needed such in our community. I also want to distinguish between