[diversity] Updated Draft RIPE Code of Conduct Published for Community Review

Hello Leo,

On 4 Mar 2021, at 14:02, Leo Vegoda <leo at vegoda.org> wrote:
> https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-documents/other-documents/ripe-code-of-conduct/

Thanks for your work on this! I think it’s an important step forward.

The new proposal says:
> If the RIPE CoC Team is alerted to acts that should be reported to the authorities, it will ask the reporter to do so. The CoC Team or RIPE NCC staff may relay the report or make their own if necessary.

How will the team determine whether or not an act should be reported to the authorities? And when is it “necessary” for the CoC team or RIPE NCC staff to make their own report?

I strongly feel that it should be up to the person who was harmed by an act whether or not to involve police or other authorities. For the CoC team or RIPE NCC staff to do that without a request and without consent would be a serious breach of trust. Many people may have many different reasons to not involve the police or other authorities in a situation, and they should still be able to report CoC issues. This should be explicit policy.

Sasha