[diversity] New on RIPE Labs: FOSDEM2018

Dear all,

Please find this new article on RIPE Labs:

https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/fosdem-2018-what-happens-in-brussels-ends-up-on-the-internet

FOSDEM is a long-standing conference on free and open-source software.

Here are some personal impressions - including a chapter about the
diversity (or lack thereof).

In addition to what I wrote: I was a "3rd contact" for the reports of
Code of Conduct (CoC) violations in the Community Management DevRoom --
and it was un-eventful: no-one called me to report anything. Still,
there was a typical discussion about "do we need this" and "I don't see
any problems" and "CoC just makes things worse for me". Chairs of the
session were very patient in educating the participants on the needs
behind the CoC. It was very useful for me to go through this yet another
time.


Kind regards,
Vesna Manojlovic
RIPE NCC