> On Jun 5, 2018, at 9:51 AM, James Keener <jim(at)jimkeener(dot)com> wrote:
>
> > [T]he
> main goal is to ensure that if someone is being harassed by a community
> member, they have an appropriate avenue to safely report it and ensure
> the CoC committee will review
>
> To be honest, this is a bigger problem. Why would someone not feel comfortable contacting the core team? Why would they feel better contacting the CoC board who is probably mostly core team or otherwise self-selected community members who have a strong belief in the CoC (and I don't mean that kindly)?
The whole point of having a CoC is to advertise that we, as an organization, don't tolerate harassment and offensive behaviour. It also advertises that "we" will deal with it, if reported, and provides a clear, appropriate point of contact to do so. It also states roughly what process will be taken at that point.
Also, an alternative perspective, what makes you think every member of the core team would be comfortable being contacted? Handling allegations of, for example, drunken tech bros sexually harassing people isn't comfortable, is time consuming and does require a particular set of soft skills - skills that do not correlate with software architecture chops.
Cheers,
Steve