Ugggh....so I was a bit unclear when I said, "the procedures surrounding how somebody 'violates the goodwill' of the
list community are unclear...".<br><br>;)<br><br>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.<br>
<br>david<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:23 AM, David Fuelling <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sappenin@gmail.com">sappenin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I have a problem with this language in the current list-policy document: "<i><b>With great power comes great responsibility.</b> 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.</i>"<br><br>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.<br>
<br>Second, the procedures surrounding how somebody violates the "goodwill of the list community" are unclear, which will likely lead to problems.<br><br>My opinion is that this should all be spelled out more clearly (with clear consequences) in the Mailing-List policy doc. <br>
<br>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."<br>
<br>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.<br><font color="#888888"><br>
david</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 1:58 AM, Chris Messina <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris.messina@gmail.com" target="_blank">chris.messina@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><div>I've gone ahead and adapted the microformats policy to our own:</div><div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://wiki.openid.net/Mailing-List-Policies" target="_blank">http://wiki.openid.net/Mailing-List-Policies</a> </div>
</div></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>
Please read it over and provide *specific* feedback.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I took some of Shade's comments into consideration in this version.</div><div><div></div><div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div></div></div></blockquote></div>
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