Re: SPI member projects adopting a Code of Conduct

Peter,

PostgreSQL.org has a CoC: https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/coc/

Postgres Conference (not an SPI project) also has a COC.

My experience with both is that Open Source communities have *zero*
business managing a CoC or community around it. It is an extreme conflict
of interest. The way Postgres Conference does it is that there is an
anonymous reporting facility that we run through a company called
"lighthouse" and they also handle the investigation.

If your CoC community isn't autonomous you will get into stick situations.

JD

On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 10:58 AM Peter Cock <p(dot)j(dot)a(dot)cock(at)googlemail(dot)com>
wrote:

> Dear SPI projects,
>
> The OBF is an SPI member project, and is currently in the process of
> adopting a Code of Conduct (CoC) to cover both our online activities
> (including software development) and in person events (like our annual
> conference, assuming that resumes as a physical event).
>
> If legal assistance were required (e.g. in handling a specific CoC
> incident), I presume as per https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/services/
> the OBF would at the SPI board's discretion have access to the SPI's
> legal counsel? Is that correct?
>
> If any other SPI projects have themselves adopted a CoC, do you have
> any advice to share? Our concerns include scope and procedures, and
> providing training for those handling reports.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Peter
> Peter Cock, current OBF president.
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