We should *definitely* ask OKF Advisory Board member Benjamin Mako Hill about community guidelines.
Mako: is there any chance we could call you quickly about some of this stuff at some point? E.g. in early December? On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Rufus Pollock <[email protected]> wrote: > On the coord group this week there was a brief discussion in relation > to having a set of Community Guidlines or Community Code of Conduct. > > We already have some text along these lines in the > <http://okfn.org/governance/> document (excerpted below). > > I've also been looking at the excellent Ubuntu Code of > Conduct:<http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct> and wondered if we > should merge some of this in. > > Anyone have thoughts, suggestions or opinions here? > > Regards, > > Rufus > > > ## Current text in Governance Doc > > <quote> > Philosophy, Goals and Operation > > Projects and working groups are the chief decision-making units. This > reduces friction and allows greater diversity to emerge than in a > top-down monoculture model. Each project and working group is > delegated authority over its activities, and is given a great deal of > latitude both in what it does and how it does it, but all share a > similar core philosophy. > > Commitment to Open Knowledge > > All projects and working groups should be involved in promoting open > knowledge. Promotion can be interpreted broadly and would include > running events, producing tools and services to assist in the > production or dissemination of open knowledge as well as creating open > material directly. > > Open Discussion > > Open discussion allows the most promising ideas to come to the fore, > and for decisions to be reached on a consensus basis. Communication > within projects is typically carried out via mailing lists. These > enable all individuals to contribute, at a time convenient to each. > They also provide a record of the development process which is > available to all users and project members. > > Meritocracy > > The OKF believes that authority must be matched by responsibility. > Merit should be respected and encouraged. Concretely this means active > and able contributors will have the greatest control over the > project’s activities; our governance structure is simply there to > ensure that there is a solid institutional framework to support these > activities. > > Tolerance > > A pre-condition for all projects, and essential to a meritocracy. > Differences are recognised as a creative force: when discussed openly > and without aggression, they allow a group’s thinking to be clarified. > </quote> > > We also have a statement regarding 'members': > > <quote> > As a Member of the Foundation, you are expected to act in accordance > with the basic goals and philosophy of the Foundation as set out > below. You are expected to act in a professional and responsible > manner. You are expected to treat your fellow members with respect and > courtesy. > </quote> > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > -- Jonathan Gray Community Coordinator The Open Knowledge Foundation http://blog.okfn.org http://twitter.com/jwyg http://identi.ca/jwyg _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
