[ripe-list] Towards a more inclusive community

I agree with Hank. RIPE79 meeting was my 2nd RIPE meeting together with 
3 other collegues (It was their first meeting) They all agree with me 
that it was very easy to make contact and everybody was very polite and 
open.
One of my collegues has a bad experience of being looked after in public 
because of his length (not so tall) , but at the RIPE meeting he did not 
experience this.

Imho naming and shaming is not the correct solution to address 
inacceptable behaviour. It will not be easy to ban out all inacceptable 
behaviour, as we are a representation of "the world".
Maybe it's also an idea to get in contact with some schools in 
post-secondary education in System and Network engineering to make 
students aware of the RIPE community to lower the average age of the 
visitors.

regards
Rinse

Op 17-10-2019 om 15:54 schreef Hank Nussbacher:
> On 17/10/2019 16:24, Job Snijders wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I've been observing various efforts towards constructing a safe and
>> inclusive environment both at RIPE meetings and our online platforms.
>
> I have not been to as many meetings as you but I have never seen any 
> incident, even in the slightest, where the people attending were 
> acting inappropriately in any sort of way.    I consider RIPE meetings 
> extremely safe and inclusive, so just paint me clueless as to what the 
> issue is.
>
> Regards,
> Hank
>
>
>> I appreciate these efforts, however, I have some concerns with the
>> process and our ability to execute.
>>
>> A careful observer may see that the next generation of Internet
>> engineers is not quite like the current establishment. I believe this
>> diversity needs to be acknowledged in our policies. We owe it to them
>> to create an environment that contributes to their comfort and well
>> being.
>>
>> I recorded some thoughts on my way to RIPE - 
>> https://youtu.be/6_dLgcfv8kU
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Job
>>
>
>
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