[Air-L] AoIR 2016 Conference Code of Conduct

nativebuddha nativebuddha at gmail.com
Thu Sep 22 19:14:01 PDT 2016


Was this back when Lachlan Brown was trolling around?

-Robert



On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 10:10 PM, Steve Jones <sjones at uic.edu> wrote:

> I remember that, 2003 I think it was, and I think it was incorporated in
> the statement that’s now online at http://aoir.org/diversity-and-
> inclusivity/.
>
> …and it was 2003, the wayback machine has it at
> https://web.archive.org/web/20030618044614/http://www.aoir.org/bylaws.html
> and it reads:
>
> > The Association of Internet Researchers is committed to the most
> fundamental principles of academic freedom, equality of opportunity, and
> human dignity.
> >
> > It is the policy of the Association of Internet Researchers, its members
> and executive officers, not to engage in discrimination or harassment
> against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
> ancestry, age, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation. The
> policy applies to treatment in the association's online forums as well as
> at its conferences and in other activities. Complaints of discrimination or
> harassment should be directed to an officer of the association's executive
> committee at the AoIR member's discretion.
> >
> > [Statement of Principles adopted unanimously by the Executive Committee
> 31 March 2003]
>
>
> There’s an essay that I think is worth reading at
> https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1182-should-academic-
> conferences-have-codes-of-conduct. The author, Kelly J. Baker, wrote,
> “Maggie Zhou, Alex Clemmer, and Lindsey Kupper argue that 'a code of
> conduct is not a replacement for culture.' We also have to take a hard look
> at how we treat one another.” I agree. AoIR has I think had an open and
> respectful culture, but it’s reasonable to say, too, that culture is not a
> replacement for a code of conduct (or policy on harassment, statement on
> diversity and inclusivity, or whatever it might be called). Both have their
> place and utility, and together they ought to help continue the AoIR
> tradition of respectful engagement and discourse.
>
> FWIW back in the day we’d ask people who came up with ideas to follow
> through on them and form working groups, hold birds of a feather sessions
> at conferences, engage discussion on air-l, and so on. I’d encourage that
> now as it was then.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
> > On Sep 22, 2016, at 12:47 PM, Jeremy hunsinger <jhunsinger at wlu.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> > i should also note, that there is, though i cannot find it now, a
> > policy on harassment at AoIR which was quite forward thinking at the
> > time. It should be somewhere and cuts across both electronic and f2f
> > meetings.  Can one of the exec point out where this went?  It was
> > passed at Maastricht.
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