Re: [RFC] [Draft] Adopt Code of Conduct

On Mon, 2016-01-04 at 17:34 -0800, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > My main issue is with procedures which can have real impact on people > and the atmosphere in the project and have IMHO way too little > safeguards for that as proposed. Of course, as I said, there's not much > need for that procedure either (I stand corrected that there were no > cases, but even 3 cases over 20 years, each of them handled without much > trouble, is not much) - but why create this landmine? It's not like we > have a crisis on our hands that needs drastic measures to handle it. I believe some guidance for new comers might be helpful. But I don't think we need strong laws. My idea would be to publish a list of trusted and respected individuals who can serve as point of contact and can moderate or escalate as needed. Ideally those individuals come from different cultures as I believe most conflicts come from cultural background (i.e. "politeness" vs "directness") and language barrier (English isn't a native language for most of us leading to double interpretation ...) and can be solved with some guidance ... johannes

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