Hi Melinda,
At 16:59 03-11-2013, Melinda Shore wrote:
Just out of curiosity, what happens if the organization is unable
to come to consensus on an anti-harassment policy?
It is unchartered territory [1].
One of the problems that I think we're facing and that we're not
dealing with is that consensus processes are not a very good way
to protect the rights of the minority, marginalized, etc. This
should not be construed as an endorsement of the IESG going off
and unilaterally developing a policy without much input from the
body, but I am saying we've got a problem around this kind of
thing.
Consensus processes are not about protecting the rights of the
minority, etc. There are safeguards in the process for that. Those
safeguards can be invoked.
Regards,
-sm
1. It does not mean that there isn't any recourse.