[AusNOG] Sexual Harassment at AUSNOG Industry Events

[Peter Tonoli]

To keep on charter, perhaps we need to look at preventing these issues  
in future?

Looking at the AusNOG website, and the AusNOG 2018 conference sites -  
they appear, through my cursory look, to be devoid of a code of  
conduct, or similar. Perhaps, as a community, a good start would be  
implementing a Code of Conduct - an example I can think of is Linux  
Australia's, at https://linux.conf.au/attend/code-of-conduct/ .

Cheers,
Peter.


Quoting Robert Hudson <hudrob at gmail.com>:

> I tend to agree with Paul - if the list charter means we can't discuss a
> bloody serious issue about how some of our community behave (and the fact
> that this behaviour is inappropriate), then I don't think I want to be on
> this list any more.
>
> Sweep this sort of thing under the carpet (and make no mistake, that's
> EXACTLY what the "STOP THREAD" was doing), and you're just enabling it to
> continue.
>
> If such behaviour was reported within the ITPA membership and the
> accusation was found to be true, the perpetrator would be excluded from the
> organisation. Period.
>
> I guess we find ourselves at a point where we find out what sort of group
> AusNOG wants to be.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
>
> On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 10:07, Paul Wilkins <paulwilkins369 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Where large chunks of our lives are winding up on line, I find it
>> problematic where discussion of endemic problems get ruled outside the
>> terms of service. It leaves the problem to fester. Discussion should be
>> legitimate where there's no names, so no libel.
>>
>> Also, the police will only involve themselves in instances of criminal
>> behaviour. Most inappropriate workplace behaviour falls short and they
>> won't be interested.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Paul Wilkins
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 at 12:46, David Hughes <david at hughes.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> *Bevan*,
>>>
>>> Any allegation of sexual harassment is a very serious matter and I
>>> encourage you to raise these issues with the appropriate authorities.  The
>>> police are in the best position to deal with such allegations.   If I can
>>> be of any assistance please don’t hesitate to contact me directly,  
>>> off-list.
>>>
>>>
>>> *To the members of the list* - I’m sure any of you would agree that any
>>> form of sexual harassment is not acceptable.   As such, there is no reason
>>> for you to follow-up to Bevan’s post.  There is nothing to debate here.
>>> Please note that this is a STOP THREAD post.  Please see the list charter
>>> below if you do not understand your obligations with relation to a STOP
>>> THREAD.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.ausnog.net/mailing_list/charter
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David
>>> ...
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> AusNOG mailing list
>>> AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net
>>> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> AusNOG mailing list
>> AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net
>> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
>>