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Code of Conduct Committee: 2020 Annual Report

Delivered: March 1, 2021

The PostgreSQL Community Code of Conduct Committee presents this report of its activities for the calendar year 2020.

The following individuals served on the Committee during the year, and are continuing on the Committee for 2021:

  • Stacey Haysler, Chair
  • Carole Arnaud
  • Umair Shahid

The following individuals served on the Committee through October 31, 2020:

  • Ilya Kosmodemiansky

The following individuals served on the Committee through November 2, 2020:

  • Jonathan Katz

The following individuals served on the Committee beginning October 14, 2020:

  • Jeanette Bromage
  • Fábio Telles Rodriguez
  • Anastasia Lubennikova

The following individuals served on the Committee beginning December 15, 2020:

  • Michael Goldberg

In the period of January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, the Committee received the following reports:

  • Inappropriate conduct on community channels: 3

The results of the investigations:

  • Education and coaching: 0
  • Temporary ban from community resources: 0
  • Permanent ban from community resources: 0
  • No finding of policy violation: 3
  • Not within the Committee’s jurisdiction: 0
  • Investigation ongoing as of December 31, 2020: 0

With this year’s report, we are including a demographic breakdown of applicants and Committee members to date for the Committee. We have expanded from five to seven members in the past year, which has allowed us to broaden our geographic reach.

If you have any comments or questions about this report, you can contact the Committee via email at coc@lists.postgresql.org.

We would like to thank the Core Team for their cooperation and support of the Committee’s work, and the community members who continue to uphold the professional standards of the PostgreSQL Community and create an accessible and cooperative environment for all users.

Code of Conduct Committee Applicants: 2018—2020

Gender 20201 2019 2018
Total Applicants 18 12 14
Female 3 3 2
Male 15 9 12
Nonbinary 0 0 0
Geography - Country2 2020 2019 2018
Argentina 2 1 0
Belgium 1 0 0
Brazil 1 0 0
China 1 0 0
Colombia 0 1 0
Dubai 0 1 0
France 0 1 3
Germany 0 0 1
India 1 1 0
Indonesia 1 0 0
Israel 1 0 0
Italy 0 1 1
Netherlands 0 0 1
Pakistan 1 2 0
Russian Federation 2 0 1
Singapore 1 0 0
Slovakia 1 1 0
Spain 0 1 0
Turkey 1 0 0
Ukraine 1 1 0
United Kingdom 2 0 0
United States 2 2 10

Code of Conduct Committee Members 2018—2020:

Gender 2020 2019 2018
Total Members 83 5 5
Female 4 2 2
Male 4 3 3
Nonbinary 0 0 0
Geography - Country2 2020 2019 2018
Brazil 1 0 0
France 1 1 2
Germany 0 1 1
Israel 1 0 0
Pakistan 1 1 0
Russian Federation 1 1 1
United Kingdom 1 0 0
United States 2 2 3

1 In 2020, there were two separate calls for new members. Applicants who replied to both are counted only once.

2 The geographical distribution sometimes equals more than the number of applicants, due to some applicants having dual residency or dual citizenship.

3 The Committee had seven active members total for the 2020—2021 term. One member stepped down midyear, and we did a second call for members to fill the empty seat, so the statistics show eight people for this year.