<div dir="ltr">This has spiraled into people hurting each other's feelings. I'm sorry for everyone involved.<div><br></div><div>On October 14th, we integrated a change that makes the tone of public reminders clearer and tries to avoid both public shaming and private bullying:</div><div><br></div><div>> <a href="https://github.com/osmlab/CoC-mailing-lists/pull/13/files" target="_blank">https://github.com/osmlab/CoC-mailing-lists/pull/13/files<br></a></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 11:26 PM, Melelani Sax-Barnett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:saxbarm@gmail.com" target="_blank">saxbarm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi folks,<br><br>Let's all please take a deep breath and try to calm down. <br><br>I'd like to share something we recently implemented as a very important part of our code of conduct at my workplace: the assumption of good intent. That is, the first time someone does something that offends someone else, we should assume good intent.<br><br>I think it's extremely unlikely that Alyssa was trying to hurt or offend anyone by what she said, but unfortunately it did end up doing so. The next step would be to let the person know that it was hurtful and why in a polite way and ask that they don't repeat the behavior. I'm not saying that it's not okay to be angry, but it's important at this stage to remain as level-headed as possible or seek the help of a mediator to make sure your message is communicated successfully. At the same time, the person who mistakenly acted in an offensive way is expected to demonstrate that they are listening and that they will try their best to avoid similar offenses in the future.<br><br>I know this probably all sounds silly, but we make mistakes, we will always make mistakes, let's try not to repeat them but use them as an opportunity to learn from each other.<br><br>My best,<br>Mele <br><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 7:52 PM Randal Hale <<a href="mailto:rjhale@northrivergeographic.com" target="_blank">rjhale@northrivergeographic.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    In general - yeah. But if we all unsubscribed who would get
    offended. Alyssa already set the mark for worst person in existence
    and I always thought that was the other guy. <br>
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    I can't decide if I find it all funny or sad. I'm leaning more
    towards sad. But then I'd offend those with Season Affective
    Disorder...and get 42 emails describing me as the 2nd worst person
    ever past Alyssa. <br>
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    Anyway, <br>
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    <div>On 12/01/2014 10:46 PM, Jo Walsh wrote:<br>
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      <p>Wow. Um. Okay, if this list is going to be asshole-free then we
        are almost all going to have to unsubscribe immediately.</p>
      <p>Okay, now the irony has kicked in, this is hilarious. Tearing
        strips off one another over minor points of semantics during a
        discussion about discursive civility. The whole thing reads like
        a performance parody. And this is what it is like in New York
        all this time? Maybe I should go back there :) <br>
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      <div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 2, 2014 1:58 AM, "Randal Hale"
        <<a href="mailto:rjhale@northrivergeographic.com" target="_blank">rjhale@northrivergeographic.com</a>>
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          <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Whoever admins this
            list - Serge should be removed for that email. If it doesn't
            happen I'm out. <br>
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            Bully all you want on whatever other list your on - this one
            should be asshole free. <br>
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            Someone let me know if he's allowed to stay after that
            outburst. <br>
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            Randy<br>
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            <div>On 12/01/2014 08:30 PM, alyssa wright wrote:<br>
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              <div dir="ltr">first ,congratulations to me for being the
                most offensive person ever to you. i can only imagine
                what a high bar that is. second, i have a traumatic
                brain injury. it is no fucking joke so lay off AND there
                is a lot i have evidence of similarities between certain
                tbi's and autism. and finally, who may i ask if the
                fucking public shamer in this scenario? i am happy to
                work on an inclusive and safe coc that but i refuse to
                work with assholes.
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                <div>period, </div>
                <div>alyssa. <br>
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                  <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 8:15
                    PM, Serge Wroclawski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emacsen@gmail.com" target="_blank">emacsen@gmail.com</a>></span>
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                      <br>
                      While in OSM I've been called a pig, an imbecile,
                      a bimbo, and a host<br>
                      of other terms, but your mail is absolutely,
                      without a doubt the most<br>
                      offensive thing I've experienced in my time in
                      OpenStreetMap.<br>
                      <br>
                      While I feel bad for your accident, saying that
                      this makes you<br>
                      "neuro-diverse" is incredibly insensitive and
                      rude.<br>
                      <br>
                      First of all, the term for people who differ from
                      the norm in terms of<br>
                      neurology are called "nero-divergent", not
                      "neuro-diverse", and second<br>
                      of all, your comparison of people who have
                      conditions like autism or<br>
                      learning disabilities to people who've been in an
                      accident is so<br>
                      offensive that I don't have the words for it.<br>
                      <br>
                      Second of all, it's not enough that you make
                      neuro-divergent people<br>
                      uncomfortable at events, including my fiancée (who
                      by the way has<br>
                      Aspegers), but now you've decided to shame her,
                      and shame me, and<br>
                      every other person who has been born with a
                      neurological disorder?<br>
                      <br>
                      You should absolutely be ashamed of yourself. This
                      is the exact type<br>
                      of behavior that a code of conduct should in place
                      to stop.<br>
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                      Sincerely,<br>
                      <br>
                      - Serge Wroclawski<br>
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