On 10/21/13 11:23 AM, John C Klensin wrote:
(2) With the understanding that this is a purely hypothetical
problem, any policy of this type also provides the opportunity
for spurious claims and other sorts of DoS attacks. Equally
important, it provides the opportunity for some entity to claim
externally that the IETF or some of its participants harassed it
in violation of the policy, did nothing about it, and therefore
that our standards should be ignored and the organization
punished. Those sorts of threats are certainly not a reason to
avoid establishing policies of this sort, but we should be aware
of possible misuses.
Absolutely, and ultimately I think that some personal
judgment on the part of *somebody* will need to be applied
should there be complaints filed. That's not a bad
thing.
I do think that it's worth pointing out that in other
environments where organizations have taken the step of
creating and enforcing an anti-harassment policy it's
worked out well (for example, PyCon). It's reduced the
incidence of problems *and* created an environment where
women feel both more comfortable and more welcome.
Contrast it with DefCon and it looks like a win.
Melinda