Hi,

Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Maxim Cournoyer <[email protected]> skribis:
>
>> In general I agree transparency is nice but for moderation, I can see
>> moderators preferring to meld in discussions without being tagged as
>> such, to avoid needlessly altering the dynamic/attracting unnecessary
>> attention.
>>
>> What do others think?
>
> I think the moderation team has to be clearly identified so it can do
> its job (responding to violation reports) and in fact, it’s already
> clearly identified in ‘CODE-OF-CONDUCT’, and also to be accountable.

The co-maintainers ([email protected]) are documented there, but
we're not the only people doing moderation on the mailing list for
example (there are a few trusted old timers as well).  It's been working
well, so I'm hesitant to change it, but wouldn't be against it.

> What I would suggest is:
>
>   1. to have a distinct moderation team with enforcing the code of
>      conduct as its sole mission;
>
>   2. to have a fixed-term mandate for moderation team members, with
>      rotation similar to what GCD 005 suggests for the release team;
>
>   3. to have the moderation team publish yearly “transparency reports”
>      with numbers (“we received X CoC violation complaints”).
>
> That would bring clarity and could make it more sustainable in the long
> term.  There’s no rush because the maintainers have been doing a good
> job (thanks!), but I think it would be good to make steps in that
> direction.

This sounds reasonable to me.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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