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

Chase, On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Chase Peeler <chasepeeler@gmail.com> wrote: > While overall I tend to agree with Paul on the concept of a CoC, I don't > think that precludes the ability to offer suggestions. It's to everyone's > advantage to make sure that if we do adopt a CoC, we adopt the best one > possible. > > Obviously one of the biggest fears is unjust treatment of the accused. The > thing that is most likely to lead to that would be pre-existing personal > biases towards the accused (or in favor of the accuser) by a member of the > committee. Why not require that at least one member come from outside the > PHP community all together. I don't know how feasible that really is, but > assuming it is, it's probably the best way to ensure that there is at least > one person that is more likely to be as unbiased as possible. > > That member could be voted on like all the other members, or, due to the > fact that voters are hopefully less familiar with such candidates, be > appointed by the elected members of the committee. > > Obviously it's not perfect and still allows the possibility of abuse, but > you reach the point where such abuses almost require a coordinated > conspiracy. Thanks for the suggestion! So that would mean there would be 3 "required seats": * PHP-SRC karma * PHP-DOCs karma * no karma and then 2 "arbitrary" seats. I like the idea overall, but would very much like to hear other's feedback prior to adding that. Thanks! Anthony