I don't know Romaine personally but with the limited information I have it seems that a small series of incidents have been blown out of proportion. It saddens me that when asking to respect diversity and sensitivities, not all volunteers seem to have the same weight. People taking responsibilities also need to be taken care of, we cannot ask them to conform to fixed ideas, there should be some room to be oneself. As John said it is necessary that we are tolerant with small transgressions, otherwise we are creating a prison to ourselves based on the sensitivities of others.

I only hope that this has been escalated progressively, and that there was an open communication at all stages of the process. 

Cheers,

Micru

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 10:37 AM Luca Martinelli <martinelliluca@gmail.com> wrote:

Il giorno ven 20 lug 2018 alle ore 10:23 Lodewijk
<lodewijk@effeietsanders.org> ha scritto:
> As part of this conversation, both here online and offline, I seem to hear several people who are unhappy with how the policy is implemented. Let us also recognize that it is important to have a friendly space - and that this is a Hard Thing to accomplish. Agreeing or disagreeing in public with a decision while only having part of the information can only make that job harder and/or harm individuals.
>
> If you have beef with the policy and how it is implemented, I suggest that you try to set up a meetup with the Trust & Safety team, and you can have a conversation with them about the broader policy. They can perhaps share some rough broader statistics as part of that. Otherwise, it is probably more appropriate to have this online discussion after the conference has concluded, based on the policy and practices as a whole, and not an individual case.

First of all, I apologise for my first message, because I
misunderstood Romaine's announcement: I thought it was a voluntary
step down, not a *request* for it.

This all the more saddens me, as I have worked briefly with Romaine as
voluntary on the first day of Wikimania 2016, and I had the
opportunity of seeing first-hand how dedicated and sweet and full of
joy and energy as a volunteer he might be.

Even if I agree with Lodewijk this is not the place to "overrun" the
decision of the T&S Team, or discuss/amend/whatever Wikimania's Safe
Space Policy, I'd like to get my message considered as a public
display of thankfulness and appreciation for Romaine's work throughout
the years, not as an explicit critic to anyone - but to be fully
honest, I'm quite puzzled by the decision nonetheless.

Cheers,

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