We strongly believe that all RIPE NCC-organised events should follow the
same CoC, and we think this is something the community should be able to
agree on.
The updated draft provides for this. We understand that it will apply to all RIPE
NCC-organised events - including RIPE, MENOG, ENOG, and SEE meetings,
as well as things like the Roundtable Meetings, Member Lunches and RIPE
NCC Regional Meetings that we organise. Perhaps the CoC TF can look at
whether this needs to be made clearer in its draft.
Once the community agrees on an updated CoC, the TF will then work to
define procedures and how a future CoC Team will handle reports and be
constituted. This is where unexpected details or regional differences could
become relevant. For example, will members of the CoC Team need to attend
every Member Lunch and Regional Meeting, or will an email contact be
enough in some cases? Should there be one CoC Team, or would it be better
for MENOG, ENOG and SEE to have their own teams with more
understanding of local contexts?
My understanding is that it was an awareness of these factors that led the TF
to include this provision, as well as respecting the autonomy of these
communities, as Niall points out.
It is my hope and expectation that the outcome of this process should be a
single code of conduct that is applied in a more or less uniform way across all
of the events that we organise.
Regards
Hans Petter Holen
Managing Director
RIPE NCC