Re: WIP: CoC V5

The small problem with your version, Joshua, is that the appropriate action is not specified.

Sorry to jump in in the middle. I have not read the comments fully.

Elein Mustain
elein(at)varlena(dot)com

> On Jan 12, 2016, at 2:56 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> On 01/12/2016 02:43 PM, Kevin Grittner wrote:
>> I think that this is fairly close to something that would make
>> sense, but there is sort of a weirdness in the CoC referring to
>> itself in the 3rd person. It sound more like an argument for
>> *having* a CoC than the document itself.
>>
>> I'm not the greatest word-smith, but I'll attempt to rework Josh's
>> draft to something that seems more "natural" to me. At the same
>> time, I'll try to incorporate other comments, like Tom's comment
>> about enforcement mechanisms and the gray areas in members of the
>> community communicating in public forums.
>
> On Tom's comment, I was waiting until we have a firmed up version. On the communicating in public forums, I must have missed that, do you have a reference?
>
> What isn't shown here, is that I was writing in a similar fashion that you would write a resolution for a NP. Consider (very rough):
>
> WHEREAS
>
> The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (PGDG) would like to insure a safe, respectful, productive and collaborative environment for all.
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> PGDG Resolves that
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> 1. There shall be a Code of Conduct governing behaviour for the PGDG community.
>
> 2. The CoC is to provide community guidelines for creating and enforcing a safe, respectful, productive, and collaborative place for any person who is willing to contribute in a safe, respectful, productive and collaborative way.
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> 3. The CoC is not about being offended. As with any diverse community, anyone can get offended at anything.
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> 4. A safe, respectful, productive and collaborative environment is free of personal attacks and disparaging remarks of any kind.
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> 5. Any sustained disruption of the collaborative space (mailing lists, IRC etc..) or other PostgreSQL events shall be construed as a violation of the CoC and appropriate action will be taken by the CoC committee.
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> 6. The CoC is only about interaction with the PostgreSQL community. Your private and public lives outside of the PostgreSQL community are your own.
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