On 08/07/2015 01:42 AM, Pine W wrote:
Hi James,
It makes sense to me to have ground-up development of guidelines, as is happening in at least 3 venues that I know about. However, this also means policy/guideline fragmentation.
In this case, I think a policy is more appropriate than a guideline. That way, no one can misunderstand and think they don't have to follow it.
Can I ask if there is any particular hurry to deploy a friendly space policy specifically for technical spaces? My personal sense is that the vast majority of technical discussions in most venues are civil, so I'm not sensing a need for an exception for technical spaces that results in a limited-scope policy being applied in advance of developing a global friendly space policy.
I encourage people to work on a global policy (which would be more complicated), but I don't think there's any need for the current work to be delayed on that account.
Thanks,
Matt Flaschen