David - yes, the ombudsperson office is one of the goals of the Transparency Committee, and we've got an agenda item to dig into again at the next board meeting. --
Joshua McKenty Chief Technology Officer Piston Cloud Computing, Inc. +1 (650) 242-5683 +1 (650) 283-6846 http://www.pistoncloud.com "Oh, Westley, we'll never survive!" "Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has." On Sep 15, 2013, at 5:18 PM, David Mortman <launch...@mortman.com> wrote: > Joshua, > > I'll leave it up to the event staff to determine how they want to handle it > in this on-site case. Certainly someone needs to be empowered or the exercise > is pointless. For the community as a whole, does the Board of Directors have > the authority to create an ombuds office? > > -DM > > > On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Joshua McKenty <jos...@pistoncloud.com> > wrote: > David, while I think having an onsite group able to field complaints and > address incidents is critical, we need to make sure that such a group has the > ability to address any complaints. So I'd suggest we pass this directly to > the foundation staff, and make sure that the event coordination team is > coached appropriately. Having community members act as ombudsperson is both > complicated from a legal standpoint, and potentially inappropriate. > > Lauren, can you make sure the on-site events team is briefed on the proposed > code-of-conduct, and is ready to respond to any complaints that might arise? > > -- > > Joshua McKenty > Chief Technology Officer > Piston Cloud Computing, Inc. > +1 (650) 242-5683 > +1 (650) 283-6846 > http://www.pistoncloud.com > > "Oh, Westley, we'll never survive!" > "Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has." > > On Sep 15, 2013, at 3:59 AM, David Mortman <launch...@mortman.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:26 PM, David Mortman <launch...@mortman.com> wrote: >> Agreed. There should be at least a small group, especially for events, so >> that one person doesn't get hammered but also so there's a committee to make >> judgement calls etc. Love the idea of some training too. >> >> Given the closeness of the summit (only 2 months away), it's seems like a >> good idea to put together the initial group of folks who can be the onsite >> committee to help address any issues that hopefully won't arise. While I'll >> continue to participate in this effort, unfortunately, I won't be attending >> the summit myself so I can't help onsite. I will however like nominate both >> Anne Gentle and George Reese be initial members of the committee. Anyone >> else interested? A group of three is probably plenty. >> >> thanks >> -David >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack >> Post to : openstack@lists.openstack.org >> Unsubscribe : http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > >
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