Code of Conduct

[Justin Obara]

Hi All,

After reading through this thread, I feel it is necessary to add some
clarification, and to provide a summary of things so far.

The objectives of my original post were to 1) gain insight and clarity 2)
spur a discussion. I believe we are doing all of those things in this
thread. I appreciate all of the feedback, ideas, inspirations, thoughts,
and etc. that everyone has shared thus far, and I hope that we can hear
from more people in the community as well.

I’d like to add further clarification regarding the blog post I linked to: “Why
the Open Code of Conduct Isn’t for Me
<http://dancerscode.com/blog/why-the-open-code-of-conduct-isnt-for-me/>”.
The sole purpose of it’s inclusion was to challenge us and inspire critical
thinking from multiple perspectives; to spur a discussion on what, how, and
why we value the things that we do. I feel it’s important for us all to
explore and understand perspectives, even on topics that we feel are
obvious or for things we may not agree with. We don’t have to agree with
it, we don’t have to accept it, but the process of understanding the
alternate perspective will provide us greater insight into the basis for
those perspectives as well as to test and strengthen our own.

It seems to me that the code of conduct needs to be representative of us,
not just who we are now, but who we want to be. As such I am thankful for
and think it’s important to provide opportunities such as this mailing list
thread, and the suggested design crit / community meeting to further
discuss the topic.

I’m going to attempt to summarize the values people have expressed in the
thread, please feel free to clarify any parts and add anything that was
missed. And of course, to continue this with ones that have yet to be
covered.


   - a living document
   - has a section that is clear about expected behaviour
   - has a section that is clear about unacceptable behaviour
   - examples give the reader a sense of what is considered positive
   behaviour and what is not
   - deals with both digital and physical interactions
   - inclusive of the many types of resources we collaborate on, including
   design artifacts and conversations, etc.
   - ensure that our community is inviting to those who have experienced
   marginalization or inequality in other contexts or communities
   - participate in a larger movement among open source communities to more
   clearly affirm inclusive values
   - our community should be open to conversation and discussion
   - inclusive spaces always need to include room for mistakes, cultural
   differences, perspective mismatches, rough patches, lots of listening, and
   different levels of familiarity with the issues at stake in community
   engagement
   - a code of conduct shouldn't be used to short-circuit the "fertile
   muck" of diversity
   - not a prescriptive set of rules
   - a description of shared community responsibilities, a voicing of
   support, and a general outline of the kinds of behaviours that may put the
   community at risk
   - a reminder that there is something real at stake when someone
   consistently behaves in an aggressive or harassing way

Thanks
Justin
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