Chairing and a CoC committee

Hi all,

In my resignation thread [1] I indicated participation from the silent majority as a prerequisite for me to continue chairing. I’ve since had the pleasure of discussing how to move forward with a dozen or so of you, listening to your feedback and learning from your previous experiences.

Doing so helped me look at things in a different light: it is somewhat silly, perhaps, to ask for further participation from the silent majority without first addressing the reasons that got most of you to become passive followers of an ever-shrinking conversation.

This group is governed by the W3C CoC [2] (what used to be the CEPC until not too long ago), which enumerates common types of unacceptable behavior under the aptly-named section “Unacceptable Behavior”. That list covers all of the behavioral issues I’ve seen in this group, which are mostly modeled by behavior number 14 - "Sustained disruption of discussion”.

So, what’s missing if we already have a well-fitting CoC? What is missing is a way to enforce the CoC and take action in case of reiterated displays of unacceptable behavior. Obviously, I can’t be chair, editor _and_ CoC enforcer. That kind of conflict of interest would be so massive that it would generate its own gravitational force. It’s already somewhat unorthodox for me to both chair and edit.

However, I’d be happy to continue chairing and editing if the group were to elect a "CoC Committee" of two people tasked with enforcing the CoC. While I would rather stay completely out of it due to the above, I would be ok with being one of the two members in case the group were unable to agree on two different candidates.

What do you think? Would you like to be a part of the CoC? Is there anyone that you believe would fit particularly well in that role?

In conclusion, thank you once again to all of you who have taken the time to chat with me, whether synchronously or asynchronously. Such a treasure of information, experience, fairness and fun.

Best,
Jacopo.

[1]: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webid/2024Mar/0016.html
[2]: https://www.w3.org/policies/code-of-conduct 



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Jacopo Scazzosi
https://jacoscaz.com
https://treesandrobots.com

Received on Friday, 5 April 2024 12:46:58 UTC