[diversity] Code of Conduct

Hi Sascha,

> When I first attended a RIPE meeting, my impression was that it
> was a friendly and cooperative meeting of (mostly technical)
> people with an interest in the Internet.

By and large, I firmly believe it still is.  I think the revised CoC is intended to ensure it stays that way as it grows to 800+ participants.

> Things appear to have changed, these days it appears to be mostly
> attended by managers (some of whom used to be these erstwhile
> techies), all playing their corporate roles. My impression, and
> it may be wrong, is that one of the goals of the Diversity TF is
> to *change* this. A CoC offence of "unbecoming a professional"
> would appear to fly in the face of that goal…

I’m not sure where you got the quote marks from, as that’s not quite what I said.

Not all unprofessional conduct would go against the spirit of the CoC, but things that go against the spirit of the CoC are likely to be unprofessional.

Cheers,
Rob