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As part of the community’s effort to continually improve on creating and maintaining an inclusive, safer environment at the code4lib annual conference, the conference planners this year will bring in are continuing a new role at that was started at the 2016 conference that will help with the implementation and processes surrounding the #codeofconduct4lib. The new role, duty officer, will provide initial triage and handling of serious events at the conference, particularly complaints of discrimination, harassment or assault.
Briefly, a duty officers is:
* expected to perform duties of professional counselors, security, or other emergency professionals - only to refer to professional services when deemed appropriate
The Local Planning Committee is putting has put out a call for volunteers for duty officers to those who are attending the annual conference. To qualify to be a duty officer, the person must meet the following requirements:
* attendance of at least one previous code4lib annual conference
* committed to communicating is tactful, empathetic ways
* has read and is committed to upholding the [https://github.com/code4lib/antiharassment-policy #codeofconduct4lib]
== 2017 Duty Officers ==
Duty Officers for 2017 are
* Galen Charlton
* Kate Deibel
* Mark Matienzo
* Whitni Watkins
* Becky Yoose
* Matt Zumwalt
== 2016 Duty Officers ==
[http://wiki.code4lib.org/Duty_Officers Duty Officers] will provide initial triage and handling of serious events at the conference, particularly complaints of discrimination, harassment or assault.
The following people have volunteered for this role during the 2016 Code4lib Conference.
* Whitni Watkins
* Beatrice Pulliam
* Megan Kudzia
* Matt Zumwalt
* Becky Yoose
* Chad Nelson
* Kate Deibel
* Julie Swierczek
