Adopting a Code of Conduct

JoshData · August 8, 2016, 12:41pm

Hello all,

Mail-in-a-Box is going to adopt a Code of Conduct.

Please see the draft Code of Conduct that I’ve posted here: https://github.com/mail-in-a-box/mailinabox/pull/900/files

It is adapted primarily from the Contributor Covenant.

I am open to feedback about this draft and what to put in a Code of Conduct. But not up for discussion is whether to have a Code of Conduct.

This isn’t in response to anything that has happened in the project so far. I have easily been the most difficult person in this community. But a Code of Conduct signals to would-be community members that we take community seriously and that I am prepared to enforce norms for acceptable behavior when necessary. Tech communities have been historically, and unfortunately too often still continue to be, unwelcoming to women and other groups, and we all have a responsibility to change that.

So please read the draft and share your thoughts. This is also pull request #900, and you can comment either here on the discussion forum or on github — I’ll be reading both places.

v60fan · August 8, 2016, 4:51pm

Very good, thanks for your leadership and action on this topic. I wouldn’t have any further input on the draft you’ve posted.

JoshData · August 14, 2016, 4:51pm

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JoshData · August 16, 2016, 12:12am

Ok, we’ve now officially adopted a Code of Conduct. See the link below. Apologies that this forum closed automatically after six days – hopefully no one had additional thoughts. If so, please start a new thread.

github.com

mail-in-a-box/mailinabox/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

# Mail-in-a-Box Code of Conduct

Mail-in-a-Box is an open source community project about working, as a group, to empower ourselves and others to have control over our own digital communications. Just as we hope to increase technological diversity on the Internet through decentralization, we also believe that diverse viewpoints and voices among our community members foster innovation and creative solutions to the challenges we face.

We are committed to providing a safe, welcoming, and harrassment-free space for collaboration, for everyone, without regard to age, disability, economic situation, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, language fluency, level of knowledge or experience, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, sexual identity and orientation, or any other attribute. Community comes first. This policy supersedes all other project goals.

The maintainers of Mail-in-a-Box share the dual responsibility of leading by example and enforcing these policies as necessary to maintain an open and welcoming environment. All community members should be excellent to each other.

## Scope

This Code of Conduct applies to all places where Mail-in-a-Box community activity is ocurring, including on GitHub, in discussion forums, on Slack, on social media, and in real life. The Code of Conduct applies not only on websites/at events run by the Mail-in-a-Box community (e.g. our GitHub organization, our Slack team) but also at any other location where the Mail-in-a-Box community is present (e.g. in issues of other GitHub organizations where Mail-in-a-Box community members are discussing problems related to Mail-in-a-Box, or real-life professional conferences), or whenever a Mail-in-a-Box community member is representing Mail-in-a-Box to the public at large or acting on behalf of Mail-in-a-Box.

This code does not apply to activity on a server running Mail-in-a-Box software, unless your server is hosting a service for the Mail-in-a-Box community at large.

## Our Standards

Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment include:

* Using welcoming and inclusive language
* Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences

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