[diversity] [ripe-list] Towards a more inclusive community

Thu Oct 17 16:46:49 CEST 2019

On 17 Oct 2019, at 15:08, Hank Nussbacher <hank at efes.iucc.ac.il> wrote:
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> I would expect that RIPE should name and shame those harassing people at meetings.

Naming and shaming may not be the best or most effective way to deal with idiots who behave inappropriately. I wonder too if we are capable of producing a legally watertight definition of harrassment which could underpin a naming and shaming approach. If I feel harrassed by someone (for some definition of harrassed), is that enough to name and shame?

IMO shunning/banishing people seems to be more appropriate for a mediaeval cult and I hope we don't go down that path. Can we consider other ways of dealing with behaviour which is wrong?