[AusNOG] Sexual harassment in our industry.

[Paul Wilkins]

David,
The reason you've not heard of these concerns before is, d'uh, there is no
mechanism to address the issue. And let's be clear,

1) a Stop Thread was issued to refuse the issue a forum.

2) you're only hearing about it now because Bevan passed the information
on, and  so have no choice but to address the concerns.

3) boilerplate governance blandishments aside, I look forward to see how
the boys' club goes about instituting a code of conduct to exclude gender
bias with extra dollops of delicious irony sauce.

If this sounds harsh, you had the opportunity to accept responsibility.
Instead, you referred Bevan to the police, which was an entirely
inappropriate abdication of yours and the board's personal/fiduciary/moral
responsibility.

Kind regards

Paul Wilkins


On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 at 17:49, Paul Wilkins <paulwilkins369 at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Seems you've never been to a meeting."
>
> The verity of this statement cannot be overexaggerated.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Paul Wilkins
>
>
> On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 at 17:42, Mark Smith <markzzzsmith at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 at 16:50, Paul Wilkins <paulwilkins369 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>>
>> Seems you've never been to a meeting. That's covered in the closing
>> session.
>>
>>
>>
>> > 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> 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
>> >> ...
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