CWG Recharter Strawman

[Peter Robinson]

On 30 Aug 2012 18:13, "Toshio Kuratomi" <a.badger at gmail.com> 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.

+1 from me

Peter

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