Re: [88attendees] Anti-harassment policy and ombudsperson

  Let's hope that incidents of harassment at IETF meetings are not just
reduced
but actually become zero. And if this policy is responsible for that then
it's
great.

  Dan.

On 11/4/13 5:14 PM, "Alissa Cooper" <acooper@cdt.org> wrote:

>We are writing to thank the IESG and others who were involved for
>establishing an anti-harassment policy for the IETF. We support the
>policy, the IESG's authority to issue such a policy, and the creation of
>the ombudsperson role. Having a confidant with whom to discuss harassment
>will be most welcome and it is our hope that by establishing this policy,
>incidents of harassment at IETF meetings will be reduced in the future.
>
>Sincerely,
>CJ Aronson
>Mary Barnes
>Alissa Cooper
>Avri Doria
>Nalini Elkins
>Janet Gunn
>Merike Kaeo
>Mirjam Kuehne
>Allison Mankin
>Ines Robles
>Marie-Jose Montpetit
>Kathleen Moriarty
>Karen O'Donoghue
>Radia Perlman
>Eve Schooler
>Larissa Shapiro
>Melinda Shore
>Lynn St. Amour
>Tina Tsou
>Suzanne Woolf
>Xiaoqing Zhu
>
>On Nov 3, 2013, at 2:22 PM, IETF Chair <chair@ietf.org> wrote:
>
>> As has been previously discussed, the IESG is setting up an
>>anti-harassment policy for the IETF. I would like to thank everyone for
>>feedback. We have today adopted an IESG Statement on the matter as
>>follows:
>> 
>> http://www.ietf.org//iesg/statement/ietf-anti-harassment-policy.html
>> 
>> In the near future we will proceed to select and train ombudsperson(s)
>>as confidential initial contact points for situations where there is a
>>concern. In the meantime, Linda Klieforth from ISOC HR department is
>>attending IETF-88 in Vancouver. She has kindly promised to act as a
>>temporary ombudsperson during the meeting, should concerns arise. She
>>can be reached at klieforth@isoc.org. Thank you, Linda!
>> 
>> The policy will be reviewed once sufficient experience on its use has
>>been gained.
>> 
>> Jari Arkko for the IESG
>> 
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