On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 12:08:26AM +0000, Rob Evans wrote:
I don’t want to lose the social aspect because of irregularities in the professional side (or vice versa), but if I know which one has to go, you can probably make an educated guess. My view of the CoC is that it should be trying to find that balance — our community is more than just (say) the ITU, but neither is it a free-for-all, and most importantly of all, we welcome anyone and everyone that can contribute to our discussions in a constructive manner.
As usual, this is just my personal opinion, yours will vary.
When I first attended a RIPE meeting, my impression was that it was a friendly and cooperative meeting of (mostly technical) people with an interest in the Internet. Things appear to have changed, these days it appears to be mostly attended by managers (some of whom used to be these erstwhile techies), all playing their corporate roles. My impression, and it may be wrong, is that one of the goals of the Diversity TF is to *change* this. A CoC offence of "unbecoming a professional" would appear to fly in the face of that goal... rgds, Sascha Luck
Cheers, Rob