A non-binding +1.  :)

I had a couple of questions that didn't have obvious answers in the text.

First, what is the intended interaction between "explicitly
honour[ing] diversity in: ... political beliefs, ... religion" when
the beliefs in question explicitly contradict the diversity statement?
I believe that the intent is to protect traditionally persecuted
groups, but I worry that the focus on the axes rather than the person,
and the inclusion of axes that involve personal choice opens the
community up to arguments of the form "my honored, protected beliefs
preclude me from being a decent human being, and you must empathize
with me and respect my beliefs." I suspect that the intent is to honor
individuals, no matter what characteristics they are composed of, so
long as that individual complies with the code of conduct, but as
Jason Smith pointed out, I'd rather not rely on my common sense.

Second, is the intent that violations will be handled on an
individual, case-by-case, ad-hoc basis? (I don't think that's a
problem, as they should be rare.) Who is authorized to do so? Is that
something that should be spelled out here, or is that more of a bylaws
thing?

Finally, I'd like to add that I don't think that the code of conduct
*needs* a glossary. It states that the project uses English, and there
are enough language resources available online that an interested
party can easily find definitions. Colloquial (mis)use of a given term
doesn't seem relevant to me, especially for terms that have a pretty
cut-and-dry meaning like "sexism."

Thanks for all of the hard work that went into these documents (both
the CoC and the bylaws).

Cheers,
Eli (wickedgrey on IRC)

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