2006/12/8, Telsa Gwynne <hob...@aloss.ukuu.org.uk>:

This is how I felt: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2006-December/msg00017.html

As a board member I don't think the board needs to be the first approving the CoC. Maybe the last, after the community has approved it, if the CoC needs it.

As a GNOME Foundation member I don't think we need a CoC. Where is the abuse that justifies the adoption of a new tool to prevent abuse? Writing and signing a CoC doesn't make us per se any better promoting minorities and diversity. The CoC debate months ago was a somewhat sad example.

I don't think an approved CoC will change anything positively after all. It's like writing laws against war. Peace, respect and common understanding are build through actions, not declarations. I try to be a good GNOME member with my actions, and this is what I expect from the rest of colleagues in this project.

If some colleagues feel more comfortable having an attempt of a description of common sense written and signed, so be it. If only being against adopting a CoC stops someone from voting me, so be it. As far as you respect this positioning as much as you say you respect diversity, it's ok.