Yes, even bloggers are realizing that self or community imposed restraints benefit everybody in the long run. The IETF worked for a long time without a formal framework for civility, but it finally had to adopt one as well. With the complexity of the issues we'll be working on here and the number of people who will be involved, I just don't see how we'll accomplish anything if we can't do this with a maximum (rather than a minimum) of civility, _________________________________________ Luc Faubert Conseiller en gouvernance TI et en gestion du changement / IT governance and change management consulting +1 514 236 5129 www.LucFaubert.com www.isoc.qc.ca www.ccig.ca www.maillons.qc.ca
-----Original Message----- From: Evan Leibovitch [mailto:evan@telly.org] Sent: 20 avril 2007 11:19 To: Luc Faubert; NA Discuss Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] ALS de-certification & final round on OP
Luc Faubert wrote:
I think we must establish a strict code of conduct so that people know what to expect. We should put in place a simplified version of RFC 3683 (ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3683.txt) to manage this sort of thing. I can work on this when I have time. In the meantime, I propose we add an article to this effect in our OP. I'll think of something,
You timing is interesting. There is an active debate going on regarding the increase of rudeness and verbal abuse in various web-based public forums, sparked by Tim O'Reilly's proposed Bloggers Code of Conduct:
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/04/draft_bloggers_1.html
The link also offers a number of ideas of what might be a reasonable (and not too heavy-handed) CoC for ourselves.
Doing something like this is unfortunate but, I guess, inevitable.
- Evan