Arturo,
I am not advocating (or was) to add the anti-harassment policy here
(in fact I agree that it should not be here). I was advocating to add
some text that says that sexual, racial or other types of harassment
are not welcome in the IETF. So far the code has 4 mayor bullet
points:
1. IETF participants extend respect and courtesy to their colleagues
at all times.
2. IETF participants have impersonal discussions.
3. IETF participants devise solutions for the Internet that meet the
needs of diverse technical and operational environments.
4. Individuals are prepared to contribute to the ongoing work of the
group.
IMHO the issue of harassment is not addressed here and it should be.
We do not need the whole policy here, just simple text.
Understood.
It may even
possible to link the the BCP on the anti-harassment policy. It would
create a dependency, but I think it is worth, otherwise the code seems
incomplete to me.
We will not have a BCP on anti-harassment this year, while this document is
otherwise ready (I think). If we add a reference, we can't publish the RFC
until the reference is also an RFC.
Nevertheless if you think that it is not a good idea, I can live with it.
Thanks.
FWIW, I'd have no problem with doing something like what Dave Farber suggested:
In general I agree with keeping the particular issue of harassment out of the
draft. However, there are some concepts in the Anti-Harassment Policy that
may be worthy of including. I believe the first paragraph of the policy is
an excellent summary of what the guidelines intend to achieve.
IETF meetings, virtual meetings, and mailing lists are intended for
professional collaboration and networking. The IETF strives to
create and maintain an environment in which people of many different
backgrounds are treated with dignity, decency, and respect. Those
who participate in the IETF are expected to behave according to
professional standards and demonstrate appropriate workplace
behavior.
I'm not suggesting you simply insert that text, but maybe ensure all of the
ideas or concepts are embodied within the draft. In particular I'd like to
see the concepts of "professional standards" and/or "workplace behavior" more
directly included.
And obviously I support the ideas above at 110%.
But my larger point was that we'll have to fine-tune the anti-harassment text
anyway to make it a BCP, and in accordance with good principles of management
and engineering, not tying things together unless you have to makes progress
faster.
In other words, I have no strong resistance about doing something abstract/high
level along the lines above. I just think it would be faster and more efficient
to get this document out of the door, and let IESG and community discuss the
anti-harassment text separately.
Jari