Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2018-07-29

[William Hubbs]

On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 07:47:02PM +0200, Manuel Rüger wrote:
> On 14.07.2018 19:33, William Hubbs wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 06:21:52PM +0200, Manuel Rüger wrote:
> >> As the council represents the Gentoo Developer community, the council
> >> members should behave as role models for this community.
> >>
> >> I would like each council member to explicitly state their agreement to
> >> our Code of Conduct.
> >> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council/Code_of_conduct
> >
> > I'm not sure this is an agenda item since there is really nothing
> > for us to do for it in a meeting; however, I will share my thoughts.
> >
> > Of course, I agree to follow the Code of Conduct.
> >
> > However,because of the following passage in the code of conduct, we all
> > automatically agree to follow it.
> >
> > | By joining and/or participating in the Gentoo community, you are stating
> > | that you accept and agree to adhere to the rules listed below, even if
> > | you do not explicitly state so.
> >
> > William
> >
>
> In my opinion there is still a difference between implicit and explicit
> agreement to a CoC, as explicit agreeement makes knowledge about the CoC
> undeniable.

It doesn't really matter whether you know what is in the CoC or not, you can
still be sanctioned for not following it. In other words, ignorance of
the CoC is not a defense.

William