[diversity] Code of Conduct

Hi Sasha,

On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 12:49:27AM +0200, Sasha Romijn wrote:
>Perhaps we lead very different lives, but I’ve never seen attempts at setting people on fire as “horsing around”. That was not an overstatement, it was pure luck that their clothing did not catch fire. I can fortunately say that I have never been on fire nor present when anyone else was, but I imagine it would have been a thoroughly unpleasant experience for all involved and present. But as I said, perhaps we simply lead very different lives.

Must be that. I've seen it more than once, both accidentally and
by just being drunk or stupid. Even did it to myself once or
twice and learned from it.
But what, exactly, would have been the purpose of reporting this
- except to the fire brigade who, IME, *always* respond promptly
  to such reports?

(Where someone tries to set fire to someone else in an attempt to
injure or kill them, it is of course a completely different
situation. But you said yourself that *both* parties were treating
it as horseplay)

>If I were trying to be the ruler of the RIPE community (what does that even mean?), I would be doing an awful job as I have no position of power in this community, and never had one. I’m also quite a busy person, and ruling over the entire RIPE community seems like a lot of work, I really don’t have time for that.

I always thought that one of the defining things about the RIPE
community is that it *has no* positions of power. Not even the WG
chairs or the RIPE chair have any real power. Everyone can come
in but nobody can demand to be obeyed or even listened to. I am
afraid that this CoC will create  a ruling clique, junta,
whatever you want to call it, that *does* have such power.

rgds,
Sascha Luck