Re: Code of Conduct plan

How about we just simplify the code of conduct to the following:
Any member in the various PostgreSQL lists is expected to maintain
respect to others and not use foul language. A variation from
the previous sentence shall be considered a violation of the CoC.

On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 11:51 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > There is a risk that if we adopt a CoC, and nothing happens, and the
> > committee does nothing, that they will feel like a failure, and get
> > involved when it was best they did nothing. I think the CoC tries to
> > address that, but nothing is perfect.
>
> Yeah, a busybody CoC committee could do more harm than good.
> The way the CoC tries to address that is that the committee can't
> initiate action of its own accord: somebody has to bring it a complaint.
>
> Of course, a member of the committee could go out and find a "problem"
> and then file a complaint --- but then they'd have to recuse themselves
> from dealing with that complaint, so there's an incentive not to.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
>

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