On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 10:13 AM Valerio Bellizzomi <vale...@selnet.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2021-06-30 at 09:58 -0400, Mark Wendt wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 9:44 AM Valerio Bellizzomi < > > vale...@selnet.org> > > wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2021-06-30 at 09:29 -0400, Mark Wendt wrote: > > > > > > > We still have not heard any reason(s) as to the necessity of > > > > having a > > > > code > > > > of conduct for this list. > > > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > In my organization I have established codes of conduct and it seems > > > to > > > be a winning choice for everybody, no one here is concerned about > > > being > > > controlled or enforced, they know that codes are a necessary thing > > > for > > > an organization to be successful in the long term and vis-a-vis of > > > bigger and broader organizations with which we might interact. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > That's may all be well and good for your organization. That doesn't > > mean > > it translates easily or well to other organizations like this > > one. This > > group tends to be more oriented to machining, machine control and > > programming. In all the years I've been on this list, I've never > > seen > > anyone publicly harass anyone, though I may have missed a post or two > > over > > those years that did contain something like that. Pretty much every > > post I > > see on this list is either someone asking a question or requesting > > help, > > and a whole lot of people jumping in to try and fix the problem or > > help the > > OP work their way through the issue. This group seems to be based on > > giving and receiving help for all the issues and problems that pop > > up. > > > > Again the original question I asked needs to be answered. Why is it > > really > > necessary to institute a Code of Conduct on a group that's already > > well > > behaved? Legal Reasons? Someone feels that we need a CoC just > > because? > > What is the impetus for having this imposed? And why does the CoC > > that's > > been written have to include all the political nonsense? > > > > Mark > > here in my organization we are committed to software development and > computational research, this does not exempt us from the necessity of > codes vis-a-vis of other organizations which have one and the public > administration which requires organizations to have one. > You can live without a CoC for a small project, but as the project > grows and start interacting with many other parties, it becomes > necessary to be well organized. > Well, good for you. You run your organization the way you want to. Funny how this group hasn't needed such a thing in all the years it's existed. We could have adopted a very simple code of conduct which consists of one sentence: " In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as contributors and leaders pledge to making participation in our project and our community a harassment-free experience for everyone." Would that not pretty much say it all? Mark _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
