[CREATE] Last round of comments: LGM Code of Conduct

Susan Spencer susan.spencer at gmail.com
Wed May 21 06:24:27 PDT 2014


+1 Brendan's 'confident'  or 'confidence' suggestion.

It is a bit of a break in the flow of the document to have the link.

The reasoning was that since it needed to be included
(else make our own list of examples) then just include it very simply
and not dwell on it.



On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Brendan Howell <
brendan+soc at howell-ersatz.com> wrote:

> This is excellent!  Two small things that stood out to me:
>
> On 05/19/2014 12:05 PM, Femke Snelting wrote:
> > In case you think these things do not happen:
> > http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_incidents
> >
> While this is a great resource, I don't think it belongs in the CoC.  It
> sounds glib and defensive.  A document like this Code does not need to
> justify its own existence.  Also, it shifts the narrative point of view
> from being the group to "you".
>
> > - For Participants: Feel safe. Participants know that if we experience
> > something that we are not comfortable with, our concerns will be taken
> > seriously - and that help is available.
> > - For Organisers: Feel sure. Organisers know the standard to which the
> > LGM community holds itself, and what to do when an issue arises.
> I would suggest changing "feel sure" to "confidence".  "Sure" sounds
> kind of vague to my American ears.
>
> Thanks for your hard work putting this together!
>
> -Brendan
>
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