Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-30 Thread Olav Vitters
On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 04:40:29PM +0200, Benjamin Berg wrote: > Codes of Conduct (CoC) and especially the policies surrounding them are > a very political issue (which easily becomes emotional). Unfortunately, I reviewed the latest CoC proposal. My feedback is below.

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-30 Thread Nirbheek Chauhan
On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 9:31 PM, wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 8:15 AM Tobias Mueller wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Mon, 2018-04-30 at 15:48 +0100, Allan Day wrote: >> > The big picture here is that the working group went to great effort to >> >

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-30 Thread philip . chimento
On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 8:15 AM Tobias Mueller wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 2018-04-30 at 15:48 +0100, Allan Day wrote: > > The big picture here is that the working group went to great effort to > > make sure that everyone was able to participate, and that we had a > But it

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-30 Thread Tobias Mueller
Hi, On Mon, 2018-04-30 at 15:48 +0100, Allan Day wrote: > The big picture here is that the working group went to great effort to > make sure that everyone was able to participate, and that we had a But it sounds like it was made sure that "everyone" was having the same opinion rather than

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-30 Thread Allan Day
Alexandre Franke wrote: ... > The WG is a group working on a document that invites people involved > in a conflict to seek assistance from a third party. Yet it seems > that, when a conflict arised, they didn’t call for external > arbitration, and even went as far as issuing

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-30 Thread Allan Day
meg ford wrote: ... > On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 4:54 PM, Alexandre Franke wrote: >> >> Did you mean to quote a specific part of Allan’s email? Because my >> email was about what happened during the time when discussions were >> still within the WG (and the

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-28 Thread Benjamin Berg
Hi, On Sun, 2018-04-22 at 13:06 +, Carlos Soriano wrote: > Another thing I want to mention is that I honestly cannot see this > proposal to have happen if it was not done with a specific set of > people that has invested so much into the big picture of what a CoC > conveys. I don't think is

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-27 Thread meg ford
Hi, On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 4:54 PM, Alexandre Franke wrote: > > Did you mean to quote a specific part of Allan’s email? Because my > email was about what happened during the time when discussions were > still within the WG (and the conflict that emerged from it) and yours > is

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-27 Thread Alexandre Franke
On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 10:54 PM, meg ford wrote: > I do not completely agree with Allan's explanation here. While I have been > involved in the current discussions about the CoC proposal, it has been as a > member of the Board, not as a member of the WG. I was not involved in

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-27 Thread meg ford
Hi, On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 3:38 PM, Alexandre Franke wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 6:30 PM, Allan Day wrote: > > because Ben's behaviour had become so unacceptable (despite multiple > > warnings regarding basic behaviour) that it was difficult to

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-27 Thread Alexandre Franke
Hi, On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 6:30 PM, Allan Day wrote: > because Ben's behaviour had become so unacceptable (despite multiple > warnings regarding basic behaviour) that it was difficult to get > anything done within the wider working group context. And on Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-27 Thread Carlos Soriano
Hello all, The board discussed in the last meeting the validity of the document and has approved that the current proposal, including its last changes, is legitimate, so its evaluation will be continued. Best, Carlos Soriano On 24 April 2018 at 10:45, Allan Day wrote: >

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-24 Thread Allan Day
Benjamin Berg wrote: ... > I think my stance is quite clear. As Allan stated quite literally, he > continued working on the Draft without including the rest of the WG in > this work. Regardless of whether Allan was acting as a board member or > chairman of the WG, he

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-24 Thread Benjamin Berg
Hi Tobias, On Sat, 2018-04-21 at 15:12 +0200, Tobias Mueller wrote: > [SNIP] > Am I right in assuming that you would not pursue a referendum if the > board does not further decide on the current draft? You are right that this would render many of my reasons to push for a referendum (or an

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-22 Thread Carlos Soriano
Just a small clarification, the working group was/is not a committee, rather a group of people that have done and helped on doing such document instead of relying entirely on the board. However, as you mention Phillip, is up to the board to decide to ammend, edit and approve the proposal, always

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-22 Thread philip . chimento
On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 4:36 AM Benjamin Berg wrote: > On Tue, 2018-04-17 at 19:09 -0700, Cosimo Cecchi wrote: > > We discussed the topic of Events Code of Conduct during today's board > > meeting. > > > > The board intends to consider your motion separately from the

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-21 Thread meg ford
Hi, On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 8:12 AM, Tobias Mueller wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 2018-04-21 at 13:35 +0200, Benjamin Berg wrote: > > I do not think that this is just a technicality that can be taken > > lightly. Should the Board continue to discuss the proposal as is, it > >

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-21 Thread Tobias Mueller
Hi, On Sat, 2018-04-21 at 13:35 +0200, Benjamin Berg wrote: > I do not think that this is just a technicality that can be taken > lightly. Should the Board continue to discuss the proposal as is, it > would legitimise the misconduct of some CoC WG members. > Based on what has been exchanged here

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-21 Thread Benjamin Berg
On Tue, 2018-04-17 at 19:09 -0700, Cosimo Cecchi wrote: > We discussed the topic of Events Code of Conduct during today's board > meeting. > > The board intends to consider your motion separately from the Code of > Conduct that was proposed by the working group; we will soon proceed > to seek

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-17 Thread Allan Day
Hi everyone, This is a general response to Ben's email, in my capacity as chair of the Code of Conduct Working Group. I'm only going to address the issues that have been raised in response to the group, rather than the referendum proposal, which is a question for the board. As you all know, the

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-16 Thread Benjamin Berg
Hi Philip, On Mon, 2018-04-16 at 05:37 +, philip.chime...@gmail.com wrote: > Your email references vaguely some recent events. Reading between the > lines, something must have happened in the WG to make the situation > untenable for you, but I have no idea what. According to [1], the > WG's

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-15 Thread philip . chimento
On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 7:40 AM Benjamin Berg wrote: > Dear Board, > > Codes of Conduct (CoC) and especially the policies surrounding them are > a very political issue (which easily becomes emotional). Unfortunately, > in my view, the CoC Working Group (WG) was unable

Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-15 Thread Richard Stallman
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Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum

2018-04-15 Thread Benjamin Berg
Dear Board, Codes of Conduct (CoC) and especially the policies surrounding them are a very political issue (which easily becomes emotional). Unfortunately, in my view, the CoC Working Group (WG) was unable to set these politics aside enough to create a proposal that finds a balance in the wide