+1 to working on the language. It has a lot of "immediate notice, rules,
not, should not, cannot, may not, violate".

Stormy


On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 11:23 AM, David Ascher <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi David — I’m quite supportive of the general goal of clarifying the
> social contract that we have with each other (assuming a bit that that’s
> part of the motivation here).
>
> This document reads like a legal document, not a social contract.  Let’s
> find a way to tweak the language, the framing, etc. so that it’s not as
> corporate sounding.  When reading it I feel like i’m working through a
> terms of use document, not being welcomed and understanding how I’ll work
> with this new and inspiring community.
>
> For example, it feels very weird to have a non-signed agreement, and to
> put the onus on the volunteer to let us know that they want to end the
> agreement.  In reality volunteers just stop showing up.
>
> I would also suggest that an important part of the social contract between
> Mozilla and volunteers is to be explicit about how the organization will
> treat volunteers, how staff will treat volunteers, and how existing
> volunteers will treat new volunteers.  That to me feels like at least as
> important as telling people that they can’t misrepresent themselves.
>
> I’d also like to suggest that we have a more explicit set of goals for
> this document — what need is it responding to, how do we know it’s “doing
> its job”, etc.
>
> —david
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