Enforcing Your Code Of Conduct

Karl Popper way back in 1945 coined the paradox of tolerance "... tolerance requires us to tolerate even intolerance. Thus, if somebody is preaching or practising intolerance, the tolerant person cannot, in principle, speak out against what the intolerant person is doing, since speaking out against intolerance would itself be an act of intolerance... Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.

Over the years of building the Drupal4Gov community I've seen the DrupalDrama and invariably, it has come from tolerance of the intolerable and our inability to communicate what does seem paradoxical.

It is with Popper in mind that Drupal4Gov writes, re-writes, communicates and enforces a Code of Conduct for all of our events. There have been a few violations and in this session, I will discuss how we communicate and enforce our Code of Conduct at all our events.

This session will provide lessons we have learned about

• Reporting
• Communicating 
• Taking Action
• Communicating again

We are a community, and we are stronger together, even when we have to address issues that make us all uncomfortable or worse.