MidAmeriCon II, the 2016 Worldcon, has shared statistics about Code of Conduct issues handled by the Incident Response Team. Although a few instances resulted in public announcements, they generally will not be commenting on any of the details.
MidAmeriCon II received 40 official reports through the Incident Response Team’s report process.
- 4 of the reports we received were made pre-con.
- There were 28 distinct incidents reported.
- 18 of the 28 incidents required additional follow up by the IRT.
- 8 of the reports included information about previous and/or ongoing patterns of harassing behavior by the person who’s behavior was being reported.
- 11 incidents included verbal harassment.
- 7 incidents included physical intimidation or unwanted physical contact.
- 5 incidents resulted in a response more substantial than a warning.
- 3 incidents resulted in membership revocation or suspension.
- 1 incident resulted in removal from a volunteer position.
- 6 incidents resulted in a warning.
- 17 incidents resulted in neither warning nor any sort of more substantive action being taken.
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I just want to say that my interaction with the IRT (“LJB took the IRT down to Fourth Street USA”…oops, sorry) was extremely positive and helpful. I would have been one of the ones that reported previously harassing behavior, and I believe my report was one of the ones that did not require any additional action on the part of the IRT. What they did do, though, was ensure my comfort at a programming event that I was responsible for, and did so in such a way that it was low profile and made me feel completely comfortable while leading a discussion of a sexually charged issue. In particular, Mark Oshiro was charming, funny, and wonderful, and I so wish I’d written down the names of the other two people I talked to, because they were also wonderful.