[diversity-talk] NYC local disagreement

[alyssa wright]

Further, it's not clear to me how we can have theoretical conversations about anti-harassment policies for conferences with any integrity if we're not going to support best practices at the local level. 

Alyssa.

On Jun 28, 2013, at 9:03 AM, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:

> For the record, the local meetup in NYC has no connection to
> OpenStreetMap Foundation.  I'm not aware of any local meeting with
> official standing, be it a Meetup, a Mappy Hour, Mapping Party, etc.
> 
> I think we're all better off, and more welcoming as an international
> community, If local, personal disagreements can be kept local.  And
> settled there.
> 
> Emailing personal grievances to a wider list while writing from an
> "angry, hurt, and upset space" seems likely to extend the cooling off
> time required and delay any potential discussion.