New Standards of Conduct published
Thu, 04-Jul-2024 by
D Ruth Holloway
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The Board of the The Perl and Raku Foundation has created a new Standard of Conduct to help combat bullying, harassment, and abuse in our communities. It is designed to help protect anyone (paid or volunteer, in-person attendee or remote worker) who is doing the work of the Foundation in promoting and advancing the Perl and Raku programming languages. I did a talk on the new Standards at TPRC in Las Vegas last week, and you can watch the video [on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8Qu1k6IeR8) to learn more about our rationale, scope, and implementation details.
The current official version of the document is visible on GitHub, at https://github.com/tpf/soc/blob/main/Standards_of_Conduct.md. The new Standards will take effect on August 1, and the time between now and then is a public-comment period. There are still minor amendments under way with the Board, and the document will be updated near the end of July with those amendments. If you have constructive feedback on these new Standards, we'd love to hear them! You can reach me [via email](mailto:ruth@perlfoundation.org).
The inaugural Response Team has been created, with these members of our communities stepping up to serve:
* Ruth Holloway, Board Member, Team Lead
* Peter Krawczyk, Board Member
* Abigail
* T. Alex Beamish
* Jason Crome
* Sarah Gray
* Matthew Stuckwisch
Reports of violations of these new standards after August 1 should be sent [via email to soc@perlfoundation.org](mailto:soc@perlfoundation.org), as that email address is the only supported reporting mechanism in the new Standards.
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