Code of Conduct Working Group
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Working Group Members
Core Members
Core members are expected to join all meetings and responsible for pushing the project forward.
Support Members
Support members are people who are interested in participating in some specific aspect of the group's work. Please list how you would like to be involved.
Communication With the Group
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Decision Making
Decisions made by the working group are generally made by rough consensus. If consensus can't be achieved, decisions (including the content of the code of conduct) will be made by a majority vote by working group members (core and support). Votes can only be made at meetings.
Code of Conduct for Events
Code of Conduct for events will be a phase one project for the working group, and we plan to work on the Code of Conduct for the GNOME community as a phase two project.
Why is this important?
Having a code of conduct is an essential part of holding conferences, and is often a sponsorship requirement. It is also important for GNOME's health and longevity as it will ensure that the project is welcoming and inclusive for both current and prospective GNOME members.
Each year, organizing groups had to draft their own Code of Conduct for their event and there has often been disagreement that surrounded the adoption of a Code of Conduct for an event. Having a standard event Code of Conduct will remove work from the event organizers and uncertaintly for the community members for what to expect at the event.
We want to make sure there is a consistent standard for the GNOME community across the globe. As such, the Code of Conduct will need to highlight areas that will change across geographic locations. We also recognize that we need to better define what a "GNOME event" is and when organizers will be expected to use the standard Code of Conduct.
Our Plan
We have assembled a Code of Conduct Working Group to gather feedback among community members and propose a standard event Code of Conduct. The details for our proposal process are below. Once the standard Code of Conduct is approved, this team will also provide ongoing support to event organizers with its enforcement.
The Board has already approved us moving forward with this plan, so now, we are reaching out to Foundation members as part of the second step of the process.
Plan Details
Deadline: final vote by the Board by March 15th in order to propose it to the GUADEC 2017 organizers before CfP opens and in order to make it a reqirement for the GUADEC 2018 bids
Process:
Input from Board: present the issue, process proposal, and solicit initial input from the Board
Input from Foundation members: present the issue and solicit initial input (incidents, resources, specific considerations) from the community (send an email to the Foundation List). Invite people to become core and support members
Research: we will research code of conduct resources and Codes of Conduct by other groups, understand legal implications
Create first draft: write an initial draft of the code of c
Input from the GNOME Foundation board: consultation with the GNOME Foundation board regarding any legal and organizational issues
Community consultation: present the draft to the GNOME community for feedback; then review all feedback and respond appropriately
Revise draft: if any feedback requires revisions, make the necessary amendments to the Events Code of Conduct
Vote by the Board: present the draft Code of Conduct to the Foundation Board of Directors to be voted and decided on
Research & Proposal
List of resources: Event Code of Conduct Resources
Draft Events Code of Conduct
The working group has completed its initial draft of the Events Code of Conduct and welcomes feedback from the GNOME community.