Hello everyone,
I wanted to bring some attention to [this merge request][0], in order to
gather feedback on the contained proposal and to follow the established
process for making changes to the code of conduct.
The underlying motivation for this request has been that I always felt
that we as mediators were elected make sure that everyone keeps enjoying
to contribute their free time to the Arch Linux projects and finds
themselves in a welcoming and fun environment if they decide to do so.
In order to get achieve this we started to take two types of actions:
- Reactive: As specified in the [RFC!0009] the mediation team can be
queried to settle disputes and newly establish previously lost trust
between two parties that clashed over personal or other matters.
- Proactive: Whenever people act in a manner that is detrimental to the
atmosphere in the project or not constructive to a specific discussion
we tried to intervene in order to have everyone be nice to each other
again and to allow everyone to focus on the actual issues being
discussed.
Reflecting on some of the instances where we tried to proactively
moderate a discussion we realized in the team that we don't have much
options beyond a "hey please don't do that" and for example can't
formally warn people if their conduct stays unchanged. This is unless
there is a failed mediation (see the RFC for details on that) which in
itself is an involved process and requires some other party to request
mediation, which is not sensible for all kinds of situations.
The resulting proposal therefore is that we as a mediator team assist
the project leader for code of conduct related topics concerning Arch
Linux staff itself.
The process mentioned in the beginning of this mail defines a 14-day
discussion period, but given that a lot of people are currently on
vacation and might not neccesarily pay attention to their email it's
fair to extend this by another week to the 13th January.
If you have any feedback this is very much welcome, lets discuss it on
the merge request!
Cheers,
Christian / gromit
P.S.: I wish everyone a merry christmas if you celebrate it and
a few refreshing days with friends, family and hopefully lots of nice
food over new year!
[0]: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/service-agreements/-/merge_requests/…
[1]: https://rfc.archlinux.page/0009-mediation-program/