[coc-tf] Fwd: [Community-Discuss] Participate in AFRINIC’s webinar on “Public Persecution vs. Constructive Criticism on AFRINIC mailing lists”

Dear TF,

AFRINIC has scheduled a webinar "to discuss measures to foster a safe
and all-inclusive environment" next Thursday following the recent
application of its Code of Conduct:
https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/2021-February/003969.html

It could be an interesting discussion that helps us improve our own
understanding of the tasks we have taken on.

Kind regards,

Leo

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From: AFRINIC Communication <comms at afrinic.net>
Date: Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 2:07 AM
Subject: [Community-Discuss] Participate in AFRINIC’s webinar on
“Public Persecution vs. Constructive Criticism on AFRINIC mailing
lists”
To: <community-discuss at afrinic.net>


Dear Community members,

AFRINIC would  like to invite you to an upcoming webinar to consult
with its community on the topic of ‘’Public Persecution vs.
Constructive Criticism on AFRINIC mailing lists”, scheduled on
Thursday 4 March 2021.

After several concerns raised from community members on the virulence
of exchanges on AFRINIC mailing lists, AFRINIC had to make very
difficult decisions regarding how to best apply the community code of
conduct to the public mailing lists in an attempt to safeguard the
community from being subject to these inappropriate behaviours while
allowing people to express thoughts and critics freely.
https://afrinic.net/code

AFRINIC does not take such decisions lightly and is in need of
guidance from the community on the best way moving forward on dealing
with the cases that clearly mix public harassment with useful
feedback.

Community members are invited to discuss measures to foster a safe and
all-inclusive environment where community members, volunteers as well
as AFRINIC staff feel supported and comfortable serving this community
and exchanging ideas without the fear of being publicly harassed and
personally attacked.

It is key that we as a community have clear guidelines that allow us
to prevent constructive criticism from turning into public persecution
and slander. This is key to the creation of a safe and dynamic
environment where opinions and ideas can flow freely and openly
without fear of attack.,


Time:

    • 10:00 - 12:00  UTC (Ghana, Côte D'Ivoire)
    • 11:00 - 13:00 UTC WAT (Nigeria, Cameroon)
    • 14:00 - 16:00 UTC SAST (South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho)
    • 15:00 - 17:00 UTC EAT (Kenya, Uganda)
    • 16:00 - 18:00 GST (Mauritius, Seychelles)

Language: English

Target: AFRINIC community members and any other person interested in
how AFRINIC manages mailing lists

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpduquqjkvE9Zjjv74MC33wGJHRcea2nRV

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the meeting.

AFRINIC Stakeholder Engagement Team
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