On Thursday, November 20, 2014 9:06:53 PM UTC-5, William wrote: > > Can somebody help me count the votes? I made pass through this long > and complicated thread, and here's what I seem to have got: > > FOR a code of conduct, possibly suitably word-smithed (7): > > Jan Groenewald > Travis Scrimshaw > Anne Schilling > Mike Zabrocki > Andrew Mathas > Ben Salisbury > Viviane Pons >
I vote for a code of conduct. Franco -- AGAINST having code of conductor (5) > > Robert Dodier > Simon King > mmarco > Nathann Cohen > Harald Schilley (qualified) > > Other proposal or comments, but didn't vote and proposal gained no > significant traction (5): > > william stein > karl dieter > John Perry > rjf > cremona > > Also, important question. Is there anybody who is *seriously* > considering quitting working on Sage if they don't like the way this > vote goes? If you don't want to respond on list, feel free to email > me offlist at wst...@uw.edu <javascript:>. > > Thanks, > > -- William > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Robert Dodier <robert...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > On 2014-11-19, Tom Boothby <tomas....@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > > >> In situations where it looks like real abuse has occurred, a committee > >> of arbiters should exist to rule on it. > > > > Instituting a committee of authorities seems misdirected -- unless one > > takes an inclusive approach and declares that all participants are > > hereby authorities. That is, that all participants are equally > > empowered to complain about bad behavior -- anyone can say to anyone, > > "cut that shit out", perhaps worded more tactfully, but the same > > in content at least. > > > > About the fabled rudeness of the inhabitants of NYC, I speculate that > > it's misunderstood by outsiders. What is actually going on is that all > > citizens feel empowered to complain when anyone breaks a rule. Instead > > of suffering in silence as someone cuts in line or stands in a doorway, > > someone just goes ahead and says, "hey, stop it". I'm told (never spent > > much time there myself) that it makes people more polite, because one > > knows that one cannot get away with petty misbehavior. I'd like to > > think the same applies to any informal gathering of humanity. > > > > best, > > > > Robert Dodier > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "sage-devel" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to sage-devel+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to sage-...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > William Stein > Professor of Mathematics > University of Washington > http://wstein.org > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
