Hi Germán, On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 7:33 AM, Germán Poo-Caamaño <g...@gnome.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2018-03-14 at 10:00 +0000, Allan Day wrote: > > = Foundation Board Minutes for Tue, March 13th 2018, 18:00 UTC = > > [...] > > * Moderation of public mailing lists (Carlos) > > * There have been some complaints that mailing lists aren't being > > properly moderated - primarily unpleasant/toxic emails being ignored > > * There's no escalation process - what can people do if they feel > > they've been mistreated? > > * There's no process for becoming a moderator or joining a > > moderators team > > * Questions: > > * Would it be better to tackle this issue once we have a code of > > conduct? > > * Is it the moderator's role to police behaviour, or is it more of > > an admin role? > > * Rosanna - some moderators have taken a more active role in the > > past. > > FWIW, I am the administrator of the gtk-list, and my role has always > been checking the queue of pending messages to the list. Some eons ago > I requested to pass the list to the moderators team, with no response > (AFAIU). > > When I stepped in, I think that was the role it was always expected for > the list's "moderator". > > The thing is, I could barely moderate the behaviour in the list if I > unsubscribed myself of such list several years ago (more than 5 or 6, > for sure). Whenever I need to figure out something, I read (or search) > the archives. > > My understanding is that many in the moderator team (or as it was > originally proposed) did not need to be subscribed. Even more, it was a > way for newcomers to get involved. > During the board meeting no one mentioned the existence of a moderator team. I don't think the current Board knows anything about it. Can you point us to information about it (if any exists), or give us some background (if there's no documentation)? Thanks, Meg
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