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On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:47:34 +0100 |
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Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o> wrote: |
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> I'm against this idea - conflict resolution, I prefer the term |
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> mediation, is not something that the typical Gentoo developer is very |
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> good at. For sure, they have been involved in conflicts themselves |
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> but rarely, if ever, as a mediator. |
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> I think very few developers would stand for the role - its hard work |
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> ask any parent who has mediated between their offspring. |
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> I would prefer mediation to draw from a pool of volunteers, probably |
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> vetted by some trusted group and assigned to issues after their |
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> neutrality in any particular case had been determined by some method |
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> involving the protagonists. Elected mediators may well turn out to be |
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> unsuitable for the role. |
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The problem I see is that electing a pool of people to look into this |
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means opening the proverbial cans of worms to a wider public that |
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we have so far hidden away and resolved quietly. |
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I would think that where devrel fails, if and when and so on, the |
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higher authority to appeal to (the council) is already in place. But |
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then you could join devrel as a volunteer, I gather. I wonder if that's |
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what I should start doing now. |
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