On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Following up on my action item from the IRC Board Meeting, here's a proposal > for a new Community Working Group Charter. > > Note that this is just a strawman at this point -- other Board members > haven't reviewed this. There's definitely room for people on this list to > have other ideas incorporated here. > > The last paragraph of the Mission and duties section is the direction that > I'm working towards in this proposal so I can try to incorporate anything > that supports this. If you'd like to work towards a different overall goal, > it might be better to provide an alternate proposal instead. > > = Community Working Group = > > == Mission and duties == > > The mission of the CWG is to make the environment within the Fedora Project a > more pleasant place by helping contributors to communicate better with each > other. > > Specific duties of the Community Working Group may include: > > * Serving as mediators[1]_ to facilitate a discussion between two parties > * Defusing tensions in a situation by helping to clarify ideas > * Helping to frame debates in terms of problems to be overcome to achieve a > goal > * Helping to make decisions address as many concerns as possible without > sacrificing their core value > * Alerting governance bodies that do enforcement of any conflicts that may have > escalated beyond the CWG's ability to defuse the situation. > > Specific anti-duties of the Community Working Group: > > * Playing the role of arbitrator[1]_ in a dispute > * Making judgements in a dispute > > As a group, the Community Working Group seeks to provide people who are neutral > third parties to aid in communication, defusing tense situations, and keeping > conversations flowing along productive paths. > > .. [1]_:: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitration -- the introduction has > a description of the difference between mediation and arbitration > > == Selection policy == > > The initial members of the CWG shall be chosen by the Board. After the initial > bootstrapping, the Board envisions the CWG allowing others to join by showing > up to participate in the group. The Board strongly believes that the CWG will > need to establish procedures and precedents for itself so that new members of > the group are given responsibilities gradually. The current members of the > group should have the power to limit what issues new members are able to take > on in an official CWG capacity until they feel the new member has the necessary > skills to alleviate tensions and serve the needs of all sides of a dispute. > How the CWG chooses to do this is up to the current members. This is great! +1. _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
