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Re: RFC 7776 and the team that can be reached for help regarding harassment concerns

2016-04-03 23:26:55
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On 04/02/2016 08:24 AM, Olle E. Johansson wrote:

On 01 Apr 2016, at 18:52, IETF Chair <chair(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org> wrote:


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.

It makes me proud that the IETF has done this. It’s a big step forward and 
hopefully sets the standard for other groups. 

A big thank you to everyone involved!

/Olle


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