Code of Conduct Committee: 2022 Annual Report

Delivered: January 18, 2023

The PostgreSQL Community Code of Conduct Committee presents this report of its activities for the calendar year 2022.

The following individuals served on the Committee during the year, and are continuing on the Committee for 2022:

  • Ilaria Battiston
  • Lucie Šimečková
  • Stefan Fercot
  • Michael Goldberg, Chair

The following individuals served on the Committee through October 31, 2022:

  • Jeanette Bromage
  • Anastasia Lubennikova
  • Umair Shahid

The following individuals served on the Committee beginning October 1, 2022:

  • Aleksandra Abramova
  • Eliza Bennett
  • Anthony Nowocien

In the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022, the Committee received the following reports:

  • Inappropriate conduct on community channels: 1
  • Response to war in Ukraine: 1

The results of the investigations:

  • Education and coaching: 0
  • Corrective action taken: 0
  • Temporary ban from community resources: 0
  • Permanent ban from community resources: 0
  • No finding of policy violation: 1
  • Not within the Committee’s jurisdiction: 1
  • Investigation ongoing as of December 31, 2022: 0

One incident opened in 2021 for inappropriate conduct on community channels was closed due to non cooperation from the reporter side.

The Code of Conduct translation has been made to and/or the existing translation updated for:

We would like to thank everyone who participated in those translations.

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 - 2022

Gender 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Total Applicants 11 7 18 12 14
Female 4 2 3 3 2
Male 7 5 15 9 12
Nonbinary 0 0 0 0 0
Geography - Country 1 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Argentina 0 0 2 1 0
Belgium 0 1 1 0 0
Brazil 0 0 1 0 0
Canada 1 0 0 0 0
Cambodia 1 0 0 0 0
China 0 0 1 0 0
Colombia 0 0 0 1 0
Czech Republic 0 1 0 0 0
Dubai 0 0 0 1 0
France 1 1 0 1 3
Germany 1 1 0 0 1
India 0 1 1 1 0
Indonesia 0 0 1 0 0
Israel 0 0 1 0 0
Italy 1 0 0 1 1
Pakistan 1 0 1 2 0
Russian Federation 1 0 2 0 1
Singapore 0 1 1 0 0
Slovakia 1 0 1 1 0
Spain 0 0 0 1 0
The Netherlands 0 0 0 0 1
Turkey 0 0 1 0 0
Ukraine 1 0 1 1 0
United Kingdom 0 0 2 0 0
United States 2 1 2 2 10

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

Code of Conduct Committee Members 2018 - 2022:

Gender 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Total Members 103 102 81 5 5
Female 6 6 4 2 2
Male 4 4 4 3 3
Nonbinary 0 0 0 0 0
Geography - Country 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Belgium 1 1 0 0 0
Brazil 0 1 1 0 0
Canada 1 0 0 0 0
Czech Republic 1 1 0 0 0
Cyprus 1 0 0 0 0
France 1 1 1 1 2
Germany 1 1 0 1 1
Israel 1 1 1 0 0
Pakistan 1 1 1 1 0
Russian Federation 1 1 1 1 1
United Kingdom 1 1 1 0 0
United States 0 1 2 2 3

1 The Committee had 7 active members total for the 2020 - 2021 term. One member stepped down midyear; a second call was made for members to fill the empty seat, so the statistics show 8 people for 2020.

2 The Committee had 7 active members total for the 2021 - 2022 term. 3 members stepped down in October; 3 new members stepped in, so the statistics show 10 people for 2021.

3 The Committee has 7 active members total for the 2022 - 2023 term. 3 members stepped down in October; 3 new members stepped in, so the statistics show 10 people for 2022.