[AusNOG] Sexual harassment in our industry.

[Nathan Brookfield]

As announced at the conference, the AUSNOG Pty Ltd will soon no longer exist and a new non for profit association will be formed with the members of this list being members of the association.

This will involve a constitution and the directors being responsible to the members and I would hope the election of a board by the membership, if females nominate to be elected to the board then we can only hope that they are elected.

The perspective of a female board member, maybe more than one would I’m sure be welcomed but while AUSNOG is a company, they can do what they want, how they want and with the directors of the for profit company they choose.

Kindest Regards,
Nathan Brookfield (VK2NAB)

CONFIDENTIALITY & PRIVILEGE NOTICE

The information contained in this email and any attached files is strictly private and confidential. The intended recipient of this email may only use, reproduce, disclose or distribute the information contained in this email and any attached files with Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd’s permission. If you are not the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from using, reproducing, adapting, disclosing or distributing the information contained in this email and any attached files or taking any action in reliance on it. If you have received this email in error, please email the sender by replying to this message, promptly delete and destroy any copies of this email and any attachments.

It is your responsibility to scan this communication and any files attached for computer viruses and other defects and recommend that you subject these to your virus checking procedures prior to use. Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd does NOT accept liability for any loss or damage (whether direct, indirect, consequential, economic or other) however caused, whether by negligence or otherwise, which may result directly or indirectly from this communication or any files attached.

From: AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net> On Behalf Of Paul Wilkins
Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 4:50 PM
To: ausnog at ausnog.net List <ausnog at ausnog.net>
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Sexual harassment in our industry.

The need for a Code of Conduct has been raised and it's a good point.

While we're at it though, there needs to be female representation on the Ausnog board. I see where there's 5 directors been appointed, and they're all men. I'm wondering who is doing the appointing.

That they couldn't find a woman up to the required standard gives rise to an unfortunate impression of the board acting as a boy's club.

Kind regards

Paul Wilkins

On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 at 16:10, David Hughes <david at hughes.com.au<mailto:david at hughes.com.au>> wrote:

We thank Bevan for raising this important issue and bringing it to our attention.

This is a complex situation and we take any allegation of this nature very seriously.  We hope to discuss this further with those concerned in an attempt to establish specifics, while maintaining the confidentiality of all parties.  If there are any actionable details we will offer assistance to the party involved if they wish to escalate the matter further.

Even though issues regarding the behaviour of delegates at our events have never been raised with us, we want our attendees to feel safe and supported.  We have commenced a review of policies and processes from other organisations and will work with our solicitors to draft a policy suitable for AusNOG events and mailing lists.

The organisers of AusNOG believe that behaviour of this nature is not acceptable at any conference, function, or workplace in our industry.  We will attempt to engage the leaders of our industry to push for a broader solution.



David - on behalf of the AusNOG Board
...
_______________________________________________
AusNOG mailing list
AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net<mailto:AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net>
http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ausnog.net/pipermail/ausnog/attachments/20181002/e7ab1e31/attachment.html>