[diversity] Survey - "Have you ever experienced or witnessed harrassment, intimidation or any other unwanted behaviour while at a RIPE Meeting?"

Brian,

On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 10:14 AM Brian Nisbet <brian.nisbet at heanet.ie> wrote:
> I was aware of this and I support it.
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> I understand the concerns in regards to asking the question and there are risks, but I absolutely think it’s a question we need to ask as a community and I think other communities should also ask.
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> No personal information, of anyone, will be released as part of this, that would be utterly unacceptable, of course.
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> I have stood on stages and had multiple conversations in which I’ve said there is a problem, we have to face up to that, and I think this is one of the ways of doing it. I also believe that the RIPE Community is strong and wonderful.
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> I think that there are people in the community who do not believe that there is a problem, so discussions and action like this are needed.
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> I think that closing the survey would not be a good idea at this point in time.
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> Please note, neither I nor Denesh have any visibility of the responses, albeit we know that multiple responses have come in already.

Brian,

Your email raises more questions than it answers.

Who *DOES* have access to this information? What is their policy and
guidance on the input received? What process exists for any input
received? How long is the data kept for, and with what purpose
exactly? Why are such vital questions not bundled with the survey?

In terms of deciding to support this, what risks did you identify
yourself? How did you assess those risks and then decide to proceed?

Can you imagine how
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2019-October/001643.html
appears to any outsider?

Kind regards,

Job