I was thinking about making this my first con, and I didn't go because the first thing I saw looking for info was the code of conduct. That's now The Sign. Caring too much about your code of conduct, instead of just being welcoming as the con has always been from what I've heard, means far left politics are the order of the day.
Better form committees about inclusion and rape culture too, before people accuse you of being (insert buzzword)!
Hacker groups have always been the most welcomeling places I've ever experienced for people from "odd" walks of life, and paradoxically it's people fighting for inclusion who threaten that. You tell everyone this is a culture of toxic masculinity, and guess who are the only people left in it?
You need a code of conduct when you have 2000 people drinking in a hotel, having parties etc. Someone is going to be an asshole and having policy ahead of time means you don't need to think of a solution on the spot. It's a fair system.
Read it here. It's pretty low key for a code of conduct.
Didn't those use to just be called "the rules"? I think a lot of people's resistance to a CoC is that it's a Dog whistle for a lot of the issues discussed in this post.
Edit: Instead of down voting me, rebuttal the idea. CoC are on their face not bad, but in my experienced are pushed by people with other agendas.
Is there a better word/phrase? I purposely used "dog whistle" because of the political connotations as a signal that implies more than just what's on it's face.
Better form committees about inclusion and rape culture too, before people accuse you of being (insert buzzword)!
Hacker groups have always been the most welcomeling places I've ever experienced for people from "odd" walks of life, and paradoxically it's people fighting for inclusion who threaten that. You tell everyone this is a culture of toxic masculinity, and guess who are the only people left in it?