<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><p class="m_7768465306792311747MsoPlainText">Dear members of the OBF and BOSC community,</p><p class="m_7768465306792311747MsoPlainText">ISCB (the organization that runs ISMB) is updating their code of conduct and is seeking comments and suggestions on it as well as on the "Expected Behavior for ISCB Activities Policyā€¯, which covers the mechanism for reporting violations of the code of conduct at ISCB events.</p><p class="m_7768465306792311747MsoPlainText"><u class=""></u></p><p class="m_7768465306792311747MsoPlainText">You can review the drafts here (links at the bottom of the page):<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="m_7768465306792311747MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.iscb.org/iscb-policy-statements" target="_blank" class="">https://www.iscb.org/iscb-policy-statements</a><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="m_7768465306792311747MsoPlainText">If you are a current member of ISCB, you can <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSceYQaiW-BrGiS3pMoinRSarokntxW24zBRpwMsML_ci6hjcw/viewform" target="_blank" class="">submit your feedback</a> via their feedback form before November 24th, 2018.</p><div class="">We want to make sure that non-ISCB members also get a chance to express their thoughts on the updated CoC. I set up a google doc for collecting comments anonymously (though you can add your name if you like): </div></div><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KNaOcak7sgXjmM0HDqSqupcA32d95prHWJC39QwmoZg/edit#heading=h.xdyu2pmzlt8w" class="">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KNaOcak7sgXjmM0HDqSqupcA32d95prHWJC39QwmoZg/edit#heading=h.xdyu2pmzlt8w</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For clarity, I recommend copy-pasting any portion of the CoC or EB documents that you are commenting on.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you prefer not to deal with the google doc, feel free to email me and I will forward your comments anonymously to the ISCB leadership.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Nomi Harris (Chair, BOSC 2019, and Member of the Board of Directors, Open Bioinformatics Foundation)</div></body></html>