[COC-discuss] CoC Committee - the state of things (Cameron Shorter)

[Camille Acey]

Sorry for the delay in response, Cameron. I was using digest mode and as a
result, I lost track of this email.

On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 3:00 PM, <coc-discuss-request at lists.osgeo.org>
wrote:

> Hi Camille,
> Probably first step would be listing CoC Committee members, probably
> here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/CodeOfConduct_Committee
>

This is something that is just determined by who signs up for the mailing
list. I can grab the list from there, but I imagine membership will change
fairly regularly.


>
>
> One thing I've been pondering since seeing the first few questions about
> CoC being discussed is how to "classify" what is considered a CoC
> breach. I'm yet to see any hard guidelines as to what is/is not
> acceptable. (And this sucks up large amounts of bandwidth on email lists).
>

You did good research on this for FOSS4G CoC so it'd be great if you could
get the ball rolling here!

>
> Looking around for what we can borrow as a standard reference, I wonder
> whether we can borrow from film classifications:
>
> I'm familiar with the Australian classifications (being an Australian
> myself), which are well defined:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Classification_Board#Film_and_video_game_classifications
>
> For a conference, we could suggest a classification at a level or G or PG:
> /Parental Guidance (PG) ? Not recommended for viewing or playing by
> people under 15 without guidance from parents or guardians. Contains
> material that young viewers may find confusing or upsetting. The content
> is mild in impact.//
> //Violence should be mild and infrequent, and should be presented in "a
> stylised or theatrical fashion, or in an historical context".//
> //Themes should have a "mild sense of menace or threat" and be "discreet"//
> //Frightening or Intense Scenes should be "mildly frightening" and have
> "low intensity"//
> //Crude Humor should be "mild" or "low level"//
> //Sex, nudity and drug use should be mild, infrequent, "discreetly
> implied" and "justified by context".//
> //Coarse language should be mild and infrequent, and be justified by
> context./
>

This *might* work.

Camille
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