[diversity] Code of Conduct

On 10/22/19 3:03 PM, Ruben van Staveren wrote:

> I observed behaviour on the Monday evening social that could have 
> been potentially threatening to the venue staff itself:

> * This could have gone out of hand, with more drunk people following 
> the bad example and venue staff feeling threatened. * CoC is beyond 
> meeting attendees and meeting staff, it is also applicable to venue 
> staff participating in the meeting and socials. We should inform 
> participating venue staff when the CoC is in place

I completely agree here. I have seen at previous RIPE meeting socials
attendees hitting on female bar staff, which felt really inappropriate
to me. The power and economic dynamic often found in this kind of
situation makes this additionally troublesome. It would be good if
behavior towards (& by) those service professionals who work hard to
enable our events could also be safeguarded by the CoC.

Keith