[Inpycon] CoC and PSF support

[Abdul Muneer]

As a long standing annual event with global attention and importance among
python enthusiasts, and also as an event run by a well governed foundation,
I think we should have a clear CoC for Pycon India.
No CoC will exactly make up for any lack of character from a participant,
but it is a plan-B.


Regards,
Abdul Muneer

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On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in>wrote:

>
>
> Hello everyone,
>         This is probably a touchy subject but I think it need to be
> aired.
>
>         The PSF earlier announced that it requires a code of conduct at
> all sponsored events[1]. We've been recepients of PSF money and support
> which has helped PyCon India substantially.
>
>         At the recent PyCon, there was an incident that was a little
> disturbing and not something that I like. I'm not pointing fingers at
> anyone but the whole thing shouldn't have happened[2]. The gist of it is
> that someone who heard overheard some jokes being cracked by two
> participants of the event interpreted them to be sexual and
> inappropriate. She tweeted the pictures of the two men who were making
> the jokes and the matter was looked at the PSF and resolved. So far so
> good. However, it seems, and please remember that this *is* the
> internet, the act of putting pictures of the people on twitter (which is
> not how the PSFs policy works - they're against the public shaming
> thing) resulted in one of the two men, a father incidentally, losing his
> job. This was unfortunate.
>
>         I'd definitely like to see these kinds of events become more
> women friendly. The last barcamp in Bangalore had a string of tweets
> that were quite distasteful. As someone who was taking my daughter to
> the event, you can guess how I felt. The CoC is a general right step in
> that direction but the kinds of events I've mentioned above are
> disturbing.
>
>         The reason for this email is to start a discussion on whether we
> should adopt such a CoC, whether we should reword it to handle such
> situations and related discussions. I'm personally undecided but am
> brooding over the matter.
>
>         What do you all feel?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Footnotes:
> [1]
> http://adainitiative.org/2012/12/python-software-foundation-publicly-announces-requirement-for-code-of-conduct-at-all-sponsored-events/
>
> [2]
> http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1am37v/technology_evangelist_adria_richards_tweets/
>
> --
> Cordially,
> Noufal
> http://nibrahim.net.in
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