[Project-managers] Fwd: [Coin-discuss] new Code of Conduct Working Group seeking volunteers

[Stefan Vigerske]

Forward, as it seems relevant to project managers.


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Subject: [Coin-discuss] new Code of Conduct Working Group seeking volunteers
Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 09:15:33 -0500
From: Cristina Muñoz <cristina at coin-or.org>
To: coin-discuss at list.coin-or.org

Hello friends,

My name is Cristina. I'm a long-time open source contributor, and
relatively new to the COIN-OR community. A few weeks ago I opened an issue (
coin-or/CoinUtils#172 <https://github.com/coin-or/CoinUtils/issues/172>)
about adding a Code of Conduct (CoC) to a COIN-OR repository. Another
COIN-OR contributor took this issue to the board, and there was consensus
that the Contributor Covenant
<https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct/> would
be a good starting point, and should be adopted across the organization. If
you have any feedback or concerns about COIN-OR adopting the Contributor
Covenant as the default CoC, please comment on that issue.

While we wait for more feedback about rolling out the Contributor Covenant
<https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct/>, I'd
like to get a sense of who might be interested in volunteering in a working
group dedicated to the enforcement of a prospective CoC, as well as
expanding or updating the content in the selected CoC. This is anticipated
to be a low-commitment opportunity primarily focused around ensuring that
COIN-OR remains a friendly and inclusive community.

Volunteers will be added to a mailing list where community members can
report CoC violations. These volunteers will then investigate the alleged
violations and follow up with the reporter and reported person to
communicate remedies.This is all entirely new for COIN-OR, but other
open-source organizations have adopted similar practices and have published
helpful resources for addressing CoC violations (e.g. handling conflicts of
interests, reporting procedures, etc). I found the following guides to be
particularly illuminating:

    -
 
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/policies/participation/reporting
    - https://www.python.org/psf/conduct/enforcement/

This is all to say that this group won't be starting completely from
scratch, and will be able to flexibly craft policies in response to issues
as they arise. No prior experience with CoCs or anything else in the above
text is required; just a willingness to address community concerns, and the
ability to respond within a reasonable time frame.

Thanks for reading and please post on this Github Discussion
<https://github.com/coin-or/COIN-OR-OptimizationSuite/discussions/16> if
you'd like to volunteer or have any questions!

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