[OSM-talk] Code of Conduct: civil discussion, lists etc.
Elizabeth Dodd
edodd at billiau.net
Sat Oct 16 22:54:34 BST 2010
On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:40:36 -0600
SteveC <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
> Fair point Dave. I'm joining you guys and filtering from now on.
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This is why I find this project extremely frustrating.
There is a childish person on this list who doesn't answer questions,
defames other people and unfortunately has a prominent position in a
sister organisation.
I don't think that a code of conduct would deal with this person,
because it is going to be a very brave sysadmin to apply the ban.
That's why I mentioned the full set of steps involved in setting and
applying standards, most importantly the need for a second person or
group to approve actions taken so that they are not taken in the heat
of the moment. Then someone who banned the /important/ person would not
be the target of baiting as the three people above are.
I'm sorry that I have to say this about this project, but the
governance of the project has been poor. Now it is too big to survive
on poor governance. OSMF has tried at this stage to assume the
governance of OSM, and apply firm policies to the project. None of
these will deal with the underlying problem.
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