I think more guidance for the teams involved would be helpful. The Debconf and Debian CoC statements are too difficult to amend. The DC and Debian teams should develop a process document which those responsible would use to guide their actions.
That document should: * Give some examples of behaviours with in each case the appropriate response. This will greatly assist the decisionmaking team. * Say who is responsible for dealing with complaints about bad behaviour occurring at (or associated with) Debian conferences and meetings. It seems to me that a conference raises different issues to the mostly online interactions in the rest of the project. The nature of violations is likely to be different; the evidential basis is going to be different; and the required timescale for a response is much shorter. ISTM therefore that CoC complaints about behaviour at (or associated with) a Debian event such as a conference should be dealt with by the conference team (or a subteam of the conference team). * Say what should be done with complaints which are initially made to someone else. (Answer: they should - with the complainant's consent - be passed directly to those responsible for investigating and adjudicating the complaint.) * State that decisions on the appropriate response to a violation should be made without involvement of the DPL or the press team, and should be without fear or favour (whether towards complainant or accused). * Outline our approach to violations by guest speakers, or other parties who attend the conference (or associated events) only briefly, where it is not possible to eject the violator (nor to threaten to, in order to extract an apology and promise of better behaviour). * Outline whether and when any public statements will be made, and the rules for data sharing with other events. I'm sure that we can borrow some wording from other organisations. I would suggest investigating SF conventions, and social justice organisations and feminist sources, to see what they have to offer. The software world is still lagging on this somewhat. Thanks, Ian. -- Ian Jackson personal email: <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> These opinions are my own. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ijackson/ PGP2 key 1024R/0x23f5addb, fingerprint 5906F687 BD03ACAD 0D8E602E FCF37657 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/21510.64416.139023.557...@chiark.greenend.org.uk
