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Re: [IETF] Re: [IETF] Re: Proposed IETF Anti-Harassment Policy

2013-10-21 11:09:26
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 11:50:35AM -0400, Warren Kumari wrote:
Ok. Fair. 

I wasn't trying to make light of the issue, I'm just worried that
some folk might try and use this to stop discussions that they are not
actually feeling harassed by.

I share this concern.  Sometimes discussions get...toasty...but that's
the nature of debateXXXXXXargument among smart people with strong opinions.
I think it's a good thing: I think it helps us collectively arrive at
good decisions because the give-and-take tends to weed out the bad ones.
And I don't want to see it truncated by a bogus claim of harrassment
made by someone who's on the losing side and looking for a trump card.

That said, I second Warren's "Ok. Fair." response to Melinda ("You kick
the problem over to your (trained) ombudsman") because I think it'd be
pretty easy for the ombudsman to distinguish between minor flamage and
actual harrassment.

Also, I second the recommendation (downthread) to have counsel review
this if that hasn't already been done.

Overall: +1, and I hope we never (or rarely) have to use this.

---rsk