[Board] Fwd: OSGeo CoC committee proposal

Thu Jul 23 16:04:05 PDT 2015

Hi all,

Wondering if there is any action on this front. Any questions from the
board re: the committee, or any issues we should address before the
committee is formed?

Looking forward to more discussion, and getting this work formally started.

cheers -
-kristin

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

>  Hi David,
> You point re keeping the committee tight is valid.
> So I'll extend my suggestion to explain the reason for a relatively small
> number of voting members . This would typically be in the range of X and Y.
>
> This gives some flexibility to add a valuable voice to the voting
> committee as required. (Note: I'm still suggesting the committee is
> responsible for voting in new committee members, and as such are able to
> protect the committee from being hijacked).
>
> Cheers, Cameron
>
>
> On 10/07/2015 7:45 am, David William Bitner wrote:
>
> Adding Camille's updated email address to the CC as I'm not sure if she's
> on the board list...
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 4:43 PM, David William Bitner <bitner at dbspatial.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Cameron,
>>
>>  I think this committee is a bit different and there are really two
>> parts to what this committee can do.
>>
>>  1) Discuss and help guide policy around the CoC as well as other
>> initiatives that can help increase diversity in our community
>>
>>  2) Respond and enforce to any reports of violations to the CoC
>>
>>  While it is extremely important to have open discussion with a group
>> that may grow and contract for #1, I think it's important to have an
>> intentional limit on the group that is privy to #2 so as to limit the scope
>> of people who are dealing with potentially very private information. I can
>> see perhaps having more voting members, but only if we created some sort of
>> executive committee of the committee that was much more limited.
>>
>>  David
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Cameron Shorter <
>> cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Camille and Kristin,
>>> It is great to see you both initiate a CoC committee, and I'm delighted
>>> to see you both involved in it.
>>> I'm +1 for your proposal (although I'm not on the board any more).
>>>
>>> I have a minor suggestion re membership, based on conventions from other
>>> OSGeo committees.
>>>
>>> Committees have volunteers come and go, sometimes with many people
>>> volunteering to be members, sometimes with few.
>>>
>>> I'd encourage you to have no fixed limit on the number of members that
>>> you have at any one time. Rather existing members can vote in a new member
>>> at any time, and people can retire at any time (and be thanked for their
>>> service).
>>>
>>> As I expect this committee might receive some strong opinions from
>>> people who jump in, say their point, then leave, you might want to expect
>>> people have provided valuable contributions for a period of time before
>>> they become a voting member. (Maybe ~ 3 months as a guide, but that a
>>> timeframe need not be a criteria).
>>>
>>> As such, you might want to make it clear that all are welcome to
>>> contribute to public email discussions, but votes are only counted from
>>> committee members.
>>>
>>> Thanks and warm regards,
>>> Cameron
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/07/2015 1:59 am, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hey Everyone,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As many of you know, a number of us met for a BoF session during State
>>>> of the Map (NYC, early June) to discuss next steps/implementation for
>>>> the Code of Conduct (CoC) that was recently adopted by the OSGeo Board.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> By adopting the CoC, the OSGeo Board has taken a step in the right
>>>> direction, but a policy without an implementation plan is insufficient.
>>>> In order to make the CoC actionable, OSGeo needs to have process in
>>>> place to deal with any CoC issues occurring in OSGeo forums, projects,
>>>> or in person at OSGeo gatherings.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We propose the creation of a standing Code of Conduct committee. This
>>>> committee will be tasked not only with designing and implementing a
>>>> process for incident reporting and follow-up but also supporting
>>>> knowledge transfer between conference/event organizers (e.g. as part of
>>>> the “passing of the torch” to the next FOSS4G LOC) and supporting best
>>>> practices for accessibility for events and activities.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We ask you to review our proposed committee structure on the OSGeo Wiki
>>>> (wiki page <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/CodeOfConduct_Committee>[1]) and
>>>> vote in favor of the establishment of this new committee. We welcome
>>>> feedback about the best way to structure such a committee, and we would
>>>> also appreciate guidance on how the committee can best engage the board
>>>> and the rest of the organization.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If the Code of Conduct committee is approved by the board we are willing
>>>> to serve as co-chairs to get the committee up and running.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We look forward to hearing from you and moving forward in this important
>>>> work.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Camille Acey
>>>>
>>>> Kristin Bott
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/CodeOfConduct_Committee
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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