In 2013, the IESG set the IETF anti-harassment policy. Last year, we concluded
the process to write a BCP that defines the anti-harassment procedures. That
BCP has now been published as RFC 7776. The RFC specifies that there shall be a
specialist team that can be reached for help, advice, and possible actions
regarding harassment concerns.
I’m happy to announce that Allison Mankin, Pete Resnick, and Linda Klieforth
have accepted to become the initial members in this team. They are preparing
for this role, working on their operating practices as defined by the RFC, and
we are setting up additional training for them. I am though happy to have them
serving in this role, given that they have a lot of experience. Allison and
Pete of course have a long experience about the IETF culture, topics, and
leadership roles. In addition, Pete has volunteer experience from violence and
discrimination related tasks. Linda Klieforth has been the acting ombudsperson
for the IETF since 2013, and is the head of HR at ISOC. And Allison has a lot
of experience about the way IETF selects leadership.
Please welcome Linda, Allison, and Pete to this role. Feel free to contact them
if you have any concerns, they are a very easy set of people to talk to, they
will be here in Buenos Aires, and obviously everything you tell them will be
kept in confidence as requested, as defined in the RFC.
Links:
RFC http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7776
Policy https://www.ietf.org/iesg/statement/ietf-anti-harassment-policy.html
Team page and contact information https://www.ietf.org/ombudsteam
Jari Arkko, IETF Chair
P.S. Also, while this addition isn’t strictly about harassment, this seems like
a good moment to remind everyone about behaving nicely. Please pay attention to
how you interact with other people in the meeting and elsewhere. Think how you
present criticism, for instance, and behave otherwise in a professional manner.
I know you will, but sometimes spending a few seconds to think about how you go
about a situation can make the experience so much better for everyone.
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