Re: Code of Conduct plan

On 4 June 2018 at 17:53, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > On 2018-Jun-05, Gavin Flower wrote:
> >> If we are all adults, then we don't need a CoC.
>
> > "We're all adults" is wishful thinking. Some old people are just kids
> > who aged but didn't actually mature.
>
> I'm sure we'd all be ecstatic if the CoC committee never actually has
> anything to do. The point of this exercise is to make new people ---
> particularly women and others who have often felt disadvantaged in
> technical communities --- feel safe and welcome here.
>
> Also: we *have* had cases where women who had been contributors left
> because of harassment, and I'd like to ensure that doesn't happen again.
>
>
+1000
Dave Cramer

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