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Over the last few years, there have been numerous instances of SF/F conventions failing to provide an accessible experience for their members with disabilities. Though accessibility is the right thing to do, and there are legal reasons for providing it in the US thanks to the 25-year-old Americans with Disabilities Act, many conventions continue to … SF/F Convention Accessibility Pledge Read More »
Content note for discussion of abuse and sexual violence. In the last couple of weeks, three respected members of the computer security and privacy tech communities have come forward under their ow…
The Less Obvious Conference Checklist. Contribute to mxsasha/lessobviouschecklist development by creating an account on GitHub.
tl;dr I read the Ruby Community Conduct Guideline. There are some appealing elements, but it is not actually workable as a governance document. I see three key problems: lack of recourse, assumptio…
Although we can rightly celebrate the progress that we have made thus far, we must also recognize just how far we still have to go in making this phase in our cultural evolution a success.
We must examine the harmful outcomes that technology events foster: discrimination, aggression, and harassment. The only way to change these outcomes is to change behavior.
The Good SunshinePHP 2016 was an awesome event! Not only were we sold out of tickets for the 4th year in a row, but the attendee list was truly amazing! Each year more and more companies in South Florida send most if not all of their PHP developers to the conference. This year we saw […]
The UX twitter streams are buzzing again this week regarding safety at conferences. And once again there are those who say we need better codes of conduct and those who say a code of conduct doesn&…
At The Republic of Quality we produce great content designs, user experiences, and inclusive events for the web.
CW harassment. How Not To Handle Harassment Reports 101.
A cautionary tale to individuals and organizations, a call to action to be more proactive against alcohol abuse, and the start of a dialogue within our community.
This procedure has been adapted from the PyCon Staff Procedure for incident handling , from Readercon Procedures for Addressing Reported Violations of the Code of Conduct, and from the Ada Initiati…
The day I drafted the code of conduct for OpenNews’ first conference, SRCCON, I mentioned it on Twitter and got some puzzled replies. Why would a conference need such a thing? Why not just say “don…