[IAEP] Sugar Labs Community Response Team

[Hilary Naylor]

Hi all,
  I was very surprised to learn that the Ombudsman's ruling is not binding.
That would certainly make it even harder to find people to serve in that
role.
  I have a suggestion for a modification to the proposal for a Response
Team. Rather that a permanent Team, make it a Team that is created as the
need arises, and that the 3 members are agreed to by the persons in
dispute, and that both (or all) those in dispute agree to abide by the
Team's decision. Where should these Team members come from? -- All Sugar
Labs community members are potential Team members by default except for the
current SLOBs (and SLOBs candidates if there are any). Team members would
be drawn by random selection, people may opt-out or be rejected by one or
more of the disputees, and selection continues until there are three.

Your thoughts?

cheers
Hilary

---Original Message---
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 08:35:40 -0500
From: Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
To: iaep <iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>, sugar-sur at lists.sugarlabs.org
Subject: Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Community Response Team

On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Laura Vargas <laura at somosazucar.org> wrote:

> [español abajo]
>
> Good day Sugar Labs members,
>
> As per today's meeting Bert Freudenbergs has declined his Ombudsman
> position on Sugar Labs.
>
> It has been discussed in today's meeting the possibility for Sugar Labs to
> shape a RESPONSE TEAM composed at least 3 Sugar Labs members (Its has
> been suggested at least one female member).
>
> The objective of the RESPONSE TEAM will be to attend and resolve all Code
> of Conduct's requests for the Sugar Labs Community.
>
>
> Please share your comments and if you are interested in be take part of
> this new team.
>

While I am in favor of trying to improve upon our ability as a community to
resolve differences, I have several concerns about the plan to form a
committee:
(1) It is not clear to me that a committee decision would hold any more
weight than the decision of a sole ombudsman. In the most recent (and only
second ever) intervention by the ombudsman, his decision was rejected by
the party that asked for the intervention. How would the proposed change
result in a different outcome?
(2) Bert will be sorely missed and hard to replace. Finding three (or more)
community members with Bert's standing within the community and
impartiality will be difficult. Finding even one will be difficult.

On the plus side, it is certainly easier to build in diversity if we have a
committee rather than a single person.

regards.

-walter

>
> Regards and blessings to all,
>
> [español]
>
> Buenos días miembros de Sugar Labs,
>
> Según la reunión de hoy, Bert Freudenbergs ha declinado su posición de
> Ombudsman en Sugar Labs.
>
> Se ha discutido en la reunión de hoy la posibilidad de que Sugar Labs
> forme un EQUIPO DE RESPUESTA compuesto por al menos 3 miembros de Sugar
> Labs (se ha sugerido al menos un miembro femenino).
>
> El objetivo del EQUIPO DE RESPUESTA será atender y resolver todas las
> solicitudes relacionadas con el Código de Conducta para la Comunidad de
> Sugar Labs.
>
>
> Por favor, comparta sus comentarios y si está interesado en formar parte
> de este nuevo equipo.
>
> Saludos y bendiciones para todos,
>
>
> Laura Victoria
>
---
Hilary Naylor, Ph.D.
www.a2zed.us
Oakland CA
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