[OpenID] Mailing List Policies

[David Fuelling]

Ugggh....so I was a bit unclear when I said, "the procedures surrounding how
somebody 'violates the goodwill' of the list community are unclear...".

;)

The document obviously spells out a number of ways a person can violate the
goodwill of the community (cross-posting, not replying inline, long
signatures, etc).  What's less tangible (and less clear) are the ways a
person can violate the "Offensensitivity" part.  This is the portion I'm
referring to that should be left up to the board.

david

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:23 AM, David Fuelling <sappenin at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a problem with this language in the current list-policy document: "
> *With great power comes great responsibility. People who violate the
> goodwill of the list community will be unsubscribed swiftly. This
> responsibility lies with the list admins who are charged with the
> stewardship of the community lists.*"
>
> First, it delegates to a single person (i.e., the list-admin) a power which
> should probably be reserved for the Board.  IMHO, banning-authority should
> be held by the Board because the decision to ban has the potenital to be
> controversial, and since board members are elected they are to some degree
> held accountable by the broader OpenID community.
>
> Second, the procedures surrounding how somebody violates the "goodwill of
> the list community" are unclear, which will likely lead to problems.
>
> My opinion is that this should all be spelled out more clearly (with clear
> consequences) in the Mailing-List policy doc.
>
> Here's one alternative: "If the list admins recieve more than X complaints
> against you, you will receive a warning from the list admin.  At the list
> admin's discretion, you will be submitted to the board for banning."
>
> That said, I would be open to allowing the list admin to temporarily ban a
> user for a short duration (like 5 or 10 days), but only once.  Anything more
> (especially a perma-ban) should be decided by the Board.
>
> david
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 1:58 AM, Chris Messina <chris.messina at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I've gone ahead and adapted the microformats policy to our own:
>>
>> http://wiki.openid.net/Mailing-List-Policies
>>
>> This is a first draft and feedback is of course welcomed. I felt that
>> rather than spinning our wheels on this list, we should have something
>> concrete up to discuss.
>>
>> Please read it over and provide *specific* feedback.
>>
>> I took some of Shade's comments into consideration in this version.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>
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