On Fri, 26 Apr 2024, 12:01 JC Brand, <[email protected]> wrote:
> FWIW, I don't think coming up with ever more fine-grained categorization
> of what constitutes marginalized persons and putting that in the CoC is the
> right way to go.
> One can always come up with more categories of marginalized people, and
> trying to enumerate all of them in a CoC is IMO impractical
>
+1
> To section 2.5 ("Be friendly and supportive"), I would like to add after the
> first paragraph:
>
>
> This includes being mindful of the abilities of others; nobody is born an
> expert in anything and we all had to learn at some point. Be supportive of
> newcomers and learners. Do not be patronizing or condescending.
>
> I agree and support adding this paragraph.
>
I like the first and third sentences. The second sentence implies a onus
that one shouldn't remain silent when a learner asks a question. Given the
volume of unpaid volunteers, I believe that not being actively supportive
whilst also not being actively condescending either, by saying nothing at
all, is perfectly acceptable. I'd like to reword this to make that clear.
--
Dan / Fishbowler
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