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I agree with this sentiment.  Codes of conduct have a deservedly bad 
reputation as bureaucratic fluff that caters to people who make a hobby 
of warping those things to suit their aims.  We do not need one.

If you need something to point to to explain why someone got kicked from 
the irc channel or whatever, write an acceptable use policy, which 
should be short and to the point.

A decent mission statement or similar would also be acceptable, but 
probably not needed.

--Verax

kevin wrote:
> I vote так  or was that Igen or ja or 是
>
> Anyhow, enough with google translate.  I am prepared to fork and peer
> openNIC if this goes much further, with anyone who is interested in
> that route, as well.  I did NOT join openNIC to become another ICANN
> and I have no problem if that is what some of the members want.  But I
> will definitely not participate if that is where we are going with
> openNIC.
>
> I DO believe that openNIC, at least (as I posted before) was originally
> intended to be something other than or possibly more than ICANN, in a
> less restrictive way.  I would prefer that those who want to be an
> ICANN alternative take that idea and fork into the vision they see fit.
>   I see this as a tremendously divisive topic and maybe I am only part
> of a small minority here.  I don't think this will end well.
>
> Kevin
>
> On Wed, 2018-08-08 at 21:52 -0700, vv AT cgs.pw wrote:
> > It does seem like a code of conduct is being
> > discussed here.
> >
> > My opinion is that laws and regulations are not
> > a solution in most cases. They work in a society
> > where we have courts and police. We have no such
> > functions here, and if we did, who would fulfil
> > those roles?
> >
> > Some people revel in bureaucracy and making rules
> > and setting up structures. I understand the
> > appeal in that, and indeed it's usefulness. But
> > keep in mind that we have so few people involved
> > here that, in my opinion, it starts to look like
> > a farce when we discuss rules and regulations.
> >
> > Many here wish to grow the organization, and
> > setting up a more rigid structure may be a good
> > prerequisite to that. However, in such a case we
> > would lose a lot of what some of us find good about
> > OpenNIC. Are we simply an alternative to ICANN, or
> > is there more going on here?
> >
> > I personally like the freedom experienced by this
> > group, and becoming another ICANN would be the
> > opposite of what I would prefer to consider. Others
> > no doubt have an opposing opinion. I asked earlier
> > in this discussion, are we going to fork OpenNIC?
> > I honestly believe that this is the only solution
> > to the, seemingly forceful, ideas being presented
> > lately. I don't think forking is a viable solution
> > at this point, so the only conclusion that I can
> > come up with is to leave well enough alone. At
> > least for now.
> >
> > Regards,
> >          Ole
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 8 Aug 2018 22:54:54 -0400
> > Rouben <rouben AT rouben.net> wrote:
> >
> > > After trying to keep up with the recent threads and votes
> > > around what is, essentially, conduct, I kept thinking:
> > > why doesn’t OpenNIC have a code of conduct? IMO rather
> > > than introduce reactive policy proposals, wouldn’t it be
> > > best to have a code of conduct instead, and perhaps even
> > > a formal statement of purpose?
> > >
> > > Here’s a few examples from high profile open source
> > > projects: https://www.ubuntu.com/community/code-of-conduct
> > > https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct
> > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Code_of_conduct
> > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council/Code_of_conduct
> > >
> > > I rather like the Ubuntu one, because it is an example of
> > > an organization with a relatively mature governance
> > > structure.
> > >
> > > The Arch code of conduct is probably the most practical
> > > with lots of details on a number of etiquette points,
> > > like quoting posts and bumping old threads.
> > >
> > > Gentoo’s is an example of a “short and to the point”
> > > style, with pretty much two sections: acceptable and
> > > unacceptable behaviours.
> > >
> > > Just thinking out loud here...
> > >
> > > Rouben
> >
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