[HacktionLab] Is HacktionLab a 'safe space'?

[naomi at aktivix.org]

Beings,

There is clearly a range of attitudes and opinions on the list, and I  
think it would make for a useful and fun (and with good facilitation,  
hopefully not too heated) real-life discussion. How about we turn it  
into a workshop on diversity in tech / activist gatherings, what safe  
spaces mean and how to cultivate them?

I don't have much activism experience (well, not this century anyway),  
but as a woman working in computing for the last 5 years, maybe I  
could run the workshop together with someone who does? It doesn't have  
to be someone who considers themselves in the minority in any  
particular way.

Whether or not to have some sort of a code of conduct, well, maybe we  
could talk about that at the workshop, and if it comes out as  
something people feel the need for, then think about it for next  
barncamp?

Naomi


Quoting Mike Harris <mike at mbharris.co.uk>:

> On 20/05/2013 13:37, sam at bristolwireless.net wrote:
>>
>> Hi All
>>
>>> Anyway, BarnCamp has always been a great space and everyone has been
>>> ace, and I seriously can't think of a situation where I felt someone
>>> was acting inappropriate or something.
>>
>> Agreed, but in my experience it's easier to talk about this stuff
>> _before_ it ever becomes an issue, and by talking about it a bit
>> hopefully we can maintain that long into the future.
>>
>> I stuck a draft up here:
>> http://hacktionlab.org/hacktionlab/index.php/Draft_Safe_Spaces_policy
>>
>> We have had a bit of a chat about it, in my view, job done..
> I -1 the need for this.
>>
>>> To bring it back to the original point about gender balance: so maybe
>>> just shoot them an email and go: "Hey, would you like to do a session
>>> about x"
>>
>> Sounds like a plan.
>>
>>> I also resent the implication that my lady bits make me less
>>> proficient at beer swilling.
>>
>> Apologies for any offence caused :)
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Sam
>>
>>
>>
>>
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