Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Ian Jackson
I think more guidance for the teams involved would be helpful. The Debconf and Debian CoC statements are too difficult to amend. The DC and Debian teams should develop a process document which those responsible would use to guide their actions. That document should: * Give some examples of

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Wednesday, September 03, 2014 12:29:36 Ian Jackson wrote: I think more guidance for the teams involved would be helpful. The Debconf and Debian CoC statements are too difficult to amend. The DC and Debian teams should develop a process document which those responsible would use to guide

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Scott Kitterman deb...@kitterman.com, 2014-09-03, 07:59: We could have an on stage censor with a switch for the microphone. And broadcast delay. -- Jakub Wilk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Piotr Ożarowski
[Scott Kitterman, 2014-09-03] On Wednesday, September 03, 2014 12:29:36 Ian Jackson wrote: I'm sure that we can borrow some wording from other organisations. I would suggest investigating SF conventions, and social justice organisations and feminist sources, to see what they have to offer.

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 9/3/14, Jakub Wilk jw...@debian.org wrote: * Scott Kitterman deb...@kitterman.com, 2014-09-03, 07:59: We could have an on stage censor with a switch for the microphone. And broadcast delay. Better still, a button on everyone's seat in the audience, so everyone can play censor - that would

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Piotr Ożarowski writes (Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process): yeah, lets do censorship. I lived in a country with censorship¹, we didn't have people swearing and nobody dared to say something which is not politically correct, at least in public. Grat times! Is it `censorship' that

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Ean Schuessler
- Zenaan Harkness z...@freedbms.net wrote: Or perhaps a +1/-1 button, and it acts as a voting process, whilst the +1s are winning the microphone stays on :) +1! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Sep 03 2014, Piotr Ożarowski wrote: [Scott Kitterman, 2014-09-03] We could have an on stage censor with a switch for the microphone. I am disappointed; the response could have been so much more cpnstructive. yeah, lets do censorship. I lived in a country with censorship¹,

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Scott Kitterman
On September 3, 2014 10:23:14 AM EDT, Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk wrote: Piotr Ożarowski writes (Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process): yeah, lets do censorship. I lived in a country with censorship¹, we didn't have people swearing and nobody dared to say something

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Piotr Ożarowski
[Manoj Srivastava, 2014-09-03] Is your position then that condes of conduct and enforcing harassment policies are a form of censorship? (I am congnizent that you no, if I'd think that, I'd retire already, no? and more seriously, the day Debian will do censorship is the day I

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Scott Kitterman
On September 3, 2014 11:17:41 AM EDT, Manoj Srivastava sriva...@debian.org wrote: On Wed, Sep 03 2014, Piotr Ożarowski wrote: [Scott Kitterman, 2014-09-03] We could have an on stage censor with a switch for the microphone. I am disappointed; the response could have been so much more

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Sep 03 2014, Piotr Ożarowski wrote: [Manoj Srivastava, 2014-09-03] Is your position then that condes of conduct and enforcing harassment policies are a form of censorship? (I am congnizent that you no, if I'd think that, I'd retire already, no? I am glad to hear

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Scott Kitterman
On September 3, 2014 12:47:08 PM EDT, Manoj Srivastava sriva...@debian.org wrote: On Wed, Sep 03 2014, Piotr Ożarowski wrote: [Manoj Srivastava, 2014-09-03] Is your position then that condes of conduct and enforcing harassment policies are a form of censorship? (I am congnizent that

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Sep 03 2014, Scott Kitterman wrote: As far as I can tell, he spoke the truth as he knows it. I have no idea if he's right or wrong, but he was stating his perspective and we ought to be open to that. While he could have phrased it better, I don't think the CoC protects people from

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Scott Kitterman
On September 3, 2014 12:52:44 PM EDT, Manoj Srivastava sriva...@debian.org wrote: On Wed, Sep 03 2014, Scott Kitterman wrote: As far as I can tell, he spoke the truth as he knows it. I have no idea if he's right or wrong, but he was stating his perspective and we ought to be open to that.

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Russ Allbery
Scott Kitterman skl...@kitterman.com writes: Manoj Srivastava sriva...@debian.org wrote: How do you suppose we keep the atmosphere from devolving back to the poisonous flame-fest days, and enforce various codes of conduct policies? I have seen far too many tech conferences without

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Piotr Ożarowski writes (Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process): Some people want(ed) to codify in CoC other political correctness things that I don't agree with. I like our current CoC and I don't want to change it. Neil Gaiman writes: I was reading a book (about interjections,

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Russ Allbery writes (Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process): What case? Ian raised a bunch of general questions about how we plan on enforcing our CoC, with no reference to any specific incident. You seem to be convinced that this is about some specific incident and, further, about

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Piotr Ożarowski
[Ian Jackson, 2014-09-03] Piotr Ożarowski writes (Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process): Some people want(ed) to codify in CoC other political correctness things that I don't agree with. I like our current CoC and I don't want to change it. Neil Gaiman writes: [...] that's

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Russ Allbery
Piotr Ożarowski pi...@debian.org writes: [Ian Jackson, 2014-09-03] Piotr Ożarowski writes (Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process): Some people want(ed) to codify in CoC other political correctness things that I don't agree with. I like our current CoC and I don't want to change it.

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 09:52:44AM -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote: People associated with the FSF or those who feel i sympathy with them feel offended, I find it somewhat disappointing that we care so little about people being offensive, given the progress we have made. This thread

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Luk Claes
On 09/03/2014 07:21 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: Scott Kitterman skl...@kitterman.com writes: Manoj Srivastava sriva...@debian.org wrote: How do you suppose we keep the atmosphere from devolving back to the poisonous flame-fest days, and enforce various codes of conduct policies? I have

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 12:29:36PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: I think more guidance for the teams involved would be helpful. The Debconf and Debian CoC statements are too difficult to amend. The DC and Debian teams should develop a process document which those responsible would use to guide

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 9/4/14, Scott Kitterman deb...@kitterman.com wrote: On September 3, 2014 10:23:14 AM EDT, Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk wrote: Piotr Ożarowski writes (Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process): yeah, lets do censorship. I lived in a country with censorship¹, we didn't

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 9/4/14, Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk wrote: Piotr Ożarowski writes (Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process): Some people want(ed) to codify in CoC other political correctness things that I don't agree with. I like our current CoC and I don't want to change it. Neil

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Sep 03 2014, Steve Langasek wrote: The stated purpose of the CoC is to ensure that our conference is a safe space for all members of the Debian community. In what way would a change in approach to dealing with a violation after the fact, where the offender is no longer at the

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Sep 03 2014, Steve Langasek wrote: On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 09:52:44AM -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote: People associated with the FSF or those who feel i sympathy with them feel offended, I find it somewhat disappointing that we care so little about people being offensive,

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 9/4/14, Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk wrote: Russ Allbery writes (Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process): What case? Ian raised a bunch of general questions about how we plan on enforcing our CoC, with no reference to any specific incident. You seem to be convinced

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 9/4/14, Zenaan Harkness z...@freedbms.net wrote: On 9/4/14, Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk wrote: Russ Allbery writes (Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process): What case? Ian raised a bunch of general questions about how we plan on enforcing our CoC, with no reference

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Patty Langasek
On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 12:29:36PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: I think more guidance for the teams involved would be helpful. The Debconf and Debian CoC statements are too difficult to amend. The DC and Debian teams should develop a process document which those responsible would use to guide

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 9/4/14, Russ Allbery r...@debian.org wrote: Piotr Ożarowski pi...@debian.org writes: [Ian Jackson, 2014-09-03] Piotr Ożarowski writes (Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process): Some people want(ed) to codify in CoC other political correctness things that I don't agree with. I

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 9/4/14, Patty Langasek harmo...@debian.org wrote: On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 12:29:36PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: I think more guidance for the teams involved would be helpful. The Debconf and Debian CoC statements are too difficult to amend. The DC and Debian teams should develop a process

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Russ Allbery
Luk Claes l...@debian.org writes: On 09/03/2014 07:21 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: What case? Ian raised a bunch of general questions about how we plan on enforcing our CoC, with no reference to any specific incident. You seem to be convinced that this is about some specific incident and,

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Russ Allbery
Zenaan Harkness z...@freedbms.net writes: More facts trickle out. Thank you for stepping up to the plate. Any chance someone could crush an egg shell already and just post a link to the brouhaha? Or summarise the events? Are we that timid, that dominated by the almighty COC, that facts are

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 9/4/14, Russ Allbery r...@debian.org wrote: Zenaan Harkness z...@freedbms.net writes: More facts trickle out. Thank you for stepping up to the plate. Any chance someone could crush an egg shell already and just post a link to the brouhaha? Or summarise the events? Are we that timid,

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Christian Kastner
On 2014-09-04 01:34, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Wed, Sep 03 2014, Steve Langasek wrote: On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 09:52:44AM -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote: People associated with the FSF or those who feel i sympathy with them feel offended, I find it somewhat disappointing that we

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Scott Kitterman
On September 3, 2014 7:34:10 PM EDT, Manoj Srivastava sriva...@debian.org wrote: On Wed, Sep 03 2014, Steve Langasek wrote: On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 09:52:44AM -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote: People associated with the FSF or those who feel i sympathy with them feel offended, I find

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Patty Langasek harmo...@debian.org [2014-09-03 16:57 -0700]: The way this particular Code of Conduct Violation Complaint was handled was entirely my fault. I don't think there is any point in thinking about fault here. Go ahead and disagree with me, but the more important thing for

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, Sep 04 2014, Christian Kastner wrote: On 2014-09-04 01:34, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Wed, Sep 03 2014, Steve Langasek wrote: On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 09:52:44AM -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote: People associated with the FSF or those who feel i sympathy with them feel