<div dir="ltr">HI all,<div><br></div><div>A few of us have recently put together a Code of Conduct for OSM mailing lists as a place to start, and I believe some moderators are going to start adopting it soon. Here it is: <a href="https://github.com/osmlab/CoC-mailing-lists/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md">https://github.com/osmlab/CoC-mailing-lists/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md</a> .</div><div><br></div><div>Please let me know how I can help with further CoC work for OSM.</div><div><br></div><div>My best,</div><div>Mele</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Paul Norman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:penorman@mac.com" target="_blank">penorman@mac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 10/8/2014 1:36 AM, Dan S wrote:<br>
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Also, I wonder how we will achieve closure with this. If we discuss<br>
and refine these documents here, what approach should we take to<br>
making it "official"? For HOT it's easier to make something official<br>
because there is slightly more of a hierarchy, the HOT board can adopt<br>
it and it's official, whereas the OSMF board doesn't seem to see<br>
itself in that kind of role.<br>
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There are procedures for adopting policies. In the case of a policy like this, it would first be consulted on with the wider community, then work its way through the procedure (<a href="http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Management_Team/Statutes#Policy_Procedure" target="_blank">http://wiki.osmfoundation.<u></u>org/wiki/Management_Team/<u></u>Statutes#Policy_Procedure</a>). In this process it would probably go through a couple of revisions. I wouldn't worry about the exact details for now, as we've got no text yet. When we have actual text and it has community support, the other steps will fall in to place.<br>
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It's important to remember the limits of any policy. It will only have moral force on non-OSMF communication channels (e.g. Twitter, non-OSMF mailing lists, local groups). Having been subjected to a good deal of abuse, I know that there's a fair portion that no OSMF policy can impact.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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