Code of Conduct and Reporting Guidelines RC1 -- membership vote.
Matt Noyes
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The Release Candidate Code of Conduct and Reporting Guidlelines were approved by the Community Working Group. Now they are proposed to the Social.Coop membership.
The documents are here:
Code of Conduct
https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/wikis/code-of-conduct/Code-of-Conduct-V3-Release-Candidate-1
Reporting Guidelines
https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/wikis/Reporting-Guide/Reporting-Guide-v3-Release-Candidate-1
We refer to them as Release Candidates to emphasize that they are subject to revision as we apply them and discover opportunities for improvement.
Following the bylaws (https://social.coop/bylaws), these two documents are posted here for six days for Social.Coop members to vote and comment. The text includes key elements in brackets -- these are procedural pieces that need to be determined by the CWG when it comes to implementing the CoC and RG. (In addition, Fabián Heredia, Matt Cropp and others are preparing Federation Guidelines that address off-instance violations, which will be discussed and adopted separately.)
For more info and background see the Git repo: https://git.coop/social.coop/community/docs/wikis/home as well as the various Community Working Group threads here on Loomio. (Starting here: https://www.loomio.org/d/nwTUWefP/exploring-a-code-of-conduct-for-members)
People involved in the preparation of these documents include: @manuelabosch @jakebeamish @emido @asimong @matthewcropp @michelekipiel @nev @robertbenjamin @leosammallahti @tomelliott @wolftune @fabianhjr @mayel @stephaniejokent @meltheadorable and many others who made comments and suggestions.
Tobias Damm-Luhr @tobiasfdl
Fri 31 Aug 2018 2:10PM
Thank you to everyone who worked on this. I’m also looking forward to seeing how it’s revised in the future.
Dan Phiffer
Fri 31 Aug 2018 4:04PM
a vote for incremental progress
Ian Smith
Fri 31 Aug 2018 5:04PM
The reporting guidelines need to address off-instance harassment and federation.
Michele Kipiel
Sat 1 Sep 2018 4:02PM
After being made aware of the severe limitations inherent to the reporting guidelines as proposed, I can't approve of both documents anymore. The CoC may pass (albeit as a tentative version in need of deep amendments).
Noah Wed 29 Aug 2018 6:26PM
Definitely not a blocker, just a clarification, but can anyone elaborate on the "Stewards" that are referred to in the reporting guidelines? I know I am not well-informed on what's happening here in Loomio but I don't think I've seen that role defined anywhere.
(edited to add) Thanks to everyone who worked on this, it's important work and it's apparent that you put a lot of care and effort into the process.
Matt Noyes Wed 29 Aug 2018 6:31PM
The CWG or relevant subgroup is going to have to figure out the best way to organize the work. Stewards is language from the Enspiral code, I believe. Really, it should be in brackets as an aspirational placeholder for "the people who will do that work."
Fabián Heredia Montiel Thu 30 Aug 2018 3:10PM
Hey @mattnoyes, I think due to the recent issues around moderation this is an Urgent Matter and the time for this proposal should be reduced to just 3 days (another 51 hours from now)
/cc @mayel / @matthewcropp (or someone with admin power to reduce the time)
Matt Noyes · Wed 29 Aug 2018 5:45PM
As has been pointed out, it has taken some time to create a Code of Conduct and Reporting Guidelines. A lot of work went into incorporating critical feedback and suggestions and various examples were consulted. Still, there is room for improvement. My hope is that people will vote "Agree" if they feel these are "good enough" to adopt at this point, understanding that they will need to be revised as we put them into practice.