Shutting down the Off the Wall (was: Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items ...)

[Andreas K. Hüttel]

> Please respond to this message with agenda items. Do not hesitate to
> repeat your agenda item here with a pointer if you previously
> suggested one (since the last meeting).

I would like to propose the council consider shutting down the "Off the Wall" 
(OTW) forum on forums.gentoo.org permanently and without replacement.

Rationale:

* provides zero value to the distribution
* large parts of the content are toxic and not something I (and others) wish
  Gentoo to be associated with
* it caters to a set of users somewhat distinct from the rest of the forums
  (e.g., >5000 posts in OTW, <100 elsewhere)
* forum moderators have made clear they are not going to fulfill their roles
  (e.g., regarding the code of conduct) in OTW, following a similar discussion
  one year ago

This leaves us with two options:

1) shut down OTW
or
2) replace or supplement forum moderators with people willing to fulfill the
   moderator role in OTW

I dont see 2) happen (for the simple reasons 
* that it will be difficult to find someone to do the work
* and that noone has volunteered to do it over the past year
), so 1) it is.

Cheers, Andreas

-- 
Andreas K. Hüttel
dilfridge@g.o
Gentoo Linux developer 
(council, qa, toolchain, base-system, perl, libreoffice)