Code4lib Anti-Harassment Policy

This is a repository to provide a space to draft and allow for dialog in the creation of an anti-harassment policy for the Code4lib annual conference.

Resources for policies/starting points:

• The Ada Initiative: Anti-harassment work
• Geek Feminism Wiki: example anti-harassment policy for conferences
• howto hack code4lib: don't be sexist/racist/*ist
• CAUT Anti-harassment and Non-Discrimination Statement
• AAI Anti-harassment policy: This is a good one because it includes a short boilerplate statement for conferences/events, plus a longer document suitable for the organization as a whole.

Open questions

• How do we cover not only the conference/IRL interactions, but IRC, etc. too?
• Do we require a duty officer explicitly? Is it fair/reasonable/workable to have conference staff be in that role?

License

Licensed under CC0

Discuss

Discussion is welcome either on the Code4lib listserv or by creating a new issue: https://github.com/code4lib/antiharassment-policy/issues/new

Contribute

Using Github (doesn't require knowing Git)

1. Fork the codebase e.g. to https://github.com/your-username/antiharassment-policy (click the "Fork" button in the upright corner of the page)
2. Click the link for one of the files (e.g. code_of_conduct.md)
3. Click the Edit button
4. Add a commit summary and (optionally) an extended description
5. Click the Commit Changes button
6. Create a pull request by clicking the Pull Request button at the top of the page

Using Git

1. Fork the codebase e.g. to https://github.com/your-username/antiharassment-policy
2. Clone your fork locally (git clone git@github.com:your-username/antiharassment-policy.git my-antiharassment-policy)
3. Create a branch to hold your changes (git checkout -b my-changes)
4. Commit the changes you've made (git commit -am "Some descriptive text around what you've added")
5. Push your branch to github (git push origin my-changes)
6. Create a pull request e.g. at https://github.com/your-username/antiharassment-policy/pull/new/master