[gaia] Re: Last call: IRTF Code of Conduct

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Hi Colin -  

That sounds reasonable. I think we can only set the parameters and guard-rails and tweak things as we go.  

Best,
Jane 
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> On Sep 22, 2024, at 15:18, Colin Perkins <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jane,
> 
> [inline; belatedly]
> 
>> On 10 Sep 2024, at 17:48, Jane Coffin wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Colin -
>> 
>> Comments inline back to you:
>> 
>> Jane R Coffin
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>>> On Mon, Sep 9, 2024 at 6:38 PM Colin Perkins <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Jane,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the feedback. Comments inline.
>>> 
>>>> On 9 Sep 2024, at 20:37, Jane Coffin wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Colin -
>>>> 
>>>> Two additional food for thought observations on the draft:
>>>> 
>>>> In Section 5:
>>>> 
>>>> 5.  Research Ethics
>>>> 
>>>>   Participants must ensure that their research, in particular research
>>>>   that involves human subjects or personal data, is conducted ethically
>>>>   and with respect for persons, in careful consideration of the risks
>>>>   and benefits of the work, ensuring that those who bear the risk also
>>>>   gain some benefit, and with respect for the law and public interest.
>>>> 
>>>> *This clause in blue could be misinterpreted.  Perhaps we change the
>>> word "ensuring" to "noting"?
>>> 
>>> Perhaps “…taking care that those who bear the risk also gain some benefit”?
>>> 
>> **That works.
> 
> I settled on “taking care to ensure that those who bear the risk also gain some benefit” – hopefully that’s okay!
> 
> 
>>> 
>>>> Section 6:
>>>> 
>>>> Participants should work to enable remote participation in IRTF
>>>>   events to support those who cannot attend in person, and should aim
>>>>   to make materials available online in a timely and broadly accessible
>>>>   manner.
>>>> *By suggesting we will make materials "available online in a ...broadly
>>>> accessible manner"? Access is constrained to a degree.  Should we qualify
>>>> this somehow? [RFC2014]
>>> 
>>> With “access is constrained to a degree” do you mean that some materials
>>> are not publicly available or that some materials are not accessible to
>>> remote attendees (or those with disabilities)?
>>> 
>> I think the word "broadly" is the word that I am curious about.  I think we
>> are speaking specifically about access limited by current IETF tools, yes?
>> Not a complaint, just trying to understand what we mean.
> 
> Right – the tooling and data formats might have hard-to-fix limitations that constrain what’s possible, so while we do that we can, we may not be able to meet every access need.
> 
> Again, open to suggesting for better wording.
> 
> Cheers,
> Colin