Comments | natural20: Sample Con Harassment Policy

natural20

Sample Con Harassment Policy

Sep 07, 2012 22:32

So, there's been, understandably, a lot of talk about con harassment policies lately, and in the run up to the 2012 Discworld Convention we suddenly realised that while we had one in the minds of the committee, we didn't have it written down, so really, like any unwritten policy, it didn't exist. Dónal, whose LJ I can't remember, wrote the first ( Read more... )

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mollydot September 8 2012, 01:43:50 UTC

Sounds good to me. The recording will show up patterns & a harassee shouldn't feel that deciding to report is the same as deciding to ban someone.

k425 September 8 2012, 12:45:25 UTC

It's clear and fair, and from my own POV seems to have worked well (srsly).

clevermynnie September 8 2012, 12:57:57 UTC

You don't seem to need it, but the Geek Feminism wiki also has a lot of resources for developing and enforcing conference anti-harassment policies.

Also, hi on livejournal! This is Jessamyn, found you via marrog.

natural20 September 8 2012, 14:37:42 UTC

Thank you. Aye, to a certain extent we're re-invented the wheel again ourselves and I've read quite a bit of the stuff at that wiki, definitely a resource to remember.

sacristan September 8 2012, 23:06:13 UTC

Where do you think I got the material for draft #1? Great site, great resource.

the0lady September 9 2012, 08:05:53 UTC

DONAL I MISS YOU WHERE ARE YOU WHY ARE YOU NOT HERE

sierra_le_oli September 20 2012, 20:30:21 UTC

I like this, it's to the point.

Suggestions... Perhaps a line to include harassment by committee or other representatives of the con. Also, if it's meant to be boilerplate, perhaps "Chair" instead of "Chairman" would be better.