Looking for feedback on Fedora COC Enforcement Draft

[Bill Nottingham]

Brian Pepple (bpepple at fedoraproject.org) said: 
> == Forum / Channel / Mailing list moderators ==
> 
> If issues persist and involved folks are unable to resolve them, the
> next step would be to ask a moderator of whatever resource the issue is
> occurring in to step in. IRC Channel operator, mailing list moderator,
> etc. Some of these forums may have their own way to deal with issues,
> follow their process. Let them know what the issue is and respectfully
> allow them to decide what to do.
> 
> If you are a moderator try to resolve the issue in a way that all
> parties feel they were listened to and in a way that behavior that does
> not follow the code of conduct is eliminated.
> 
> Some things to try/consider:
> 
>       * Try a private message asking the involved parties to look at the
>         code of conduct/think more about their behavior. 
>       * Follow any published processes your area may have. Note to
>         involved parties the specific things they are facing or have
>         broken. 
>       * Can you post/note/speak out that the behavior is not acceptable
>         and redirect involved parties to other issues? 
>       * Seek advice or thoughts from others that are uninvolved in the
>         conflict for ideas to redirect or resolve the issue. 
>       * Avoid threatening involved parties. If you are going to act
>         (ban, moderate, remove) someone, do so in a fair and even handed
>         manner. 
> 
> If this is a mailing list, you can usually contact the owner(s) at:
> 'listname-owner at listaddress'

One concern is that this does impose more responsibility on mailing
list owners... I suspect there may be a decent number who don't see
moderating as their 'job', per se, and may not want to take this on.

Bill