> > 500% on the person *doing the communicating* to do said communicating in a > way that doesn’t alienate and frustrate others, *particularly* in an > “official” standards body like this
But, this isn't a clearly laid out responsibility or rule for the FIG members. Yes, one would think it is common sense, but until it is a clear rule, the "governing body" can't really punish someone for not following it. When they do, that is when people cry "witch hunt". When the rules are there clear and unambiguous, then nobody would bother mentioning a witch hunt. It is a trial, judgement and punishment and hopefully fair. But wouldn’t it make *more* sense to just enforce civil discourse here so > that everyone, whether they were a grizzled veteran with 20+ years > experience of being yelled at on the internet or a whiz kid fresh out of > school with some new, eager ideas, could participate on an equal footing > The equal footing you mention is missing, because the definition of "civil discourse" in terms of the FIG discussions is missing. Any good forum has a set of rules for proper discourse between its members. The FIG is missing these rules. BTW, I agree with your post completely and am also someone outside looking in and also someone whose worked with online communites for many years. The FIG has run into a situation which it doesn't have clear rules for. That situation is, how to promptly and properly judge and handle a disruptive member and the definition of what disruptive is, or rather, the definition of the responsibilities an "orderly/ civil" member has or at least what should or shouldn't be done when discussing FIG topics. Now we are almost back to the CoC discussion. Again, not my intention, but if I were asked if a CoC is necessary, I'd say, maybe not a CoC, but certainly some clear rules for civil discourse are. Scott -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PHP Framework Interoperability Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/php-fig/65c756a1-5954-4cbc-bc52-e008a1ea8753%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
