Thanks Bryce.

IIRC he had felt we needed to have a

specific name included in the CoC to make the role concrete, and was willing to serve as that name.

Well that's a good sign that he's probably willing to continue in that role. But I will definitely contact him privately to confirm.

If anyone else in the community has some kind of experience with this, and might be interested to help.... I guess at this point, please just keep it in mind. Once I hear from Krzysztof, we'll know whether we need to recruit someone else.

Thanks again, brynn

-----Original Message----- From: Bryce Harrington Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2019 5:57 PM To: brynn Cc: Inkscape-Devel Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Fw: [Inkscape-user] forum guidelines/CoC/complaints

On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 01:28:32PM -0700, brynn wrote:

Just forwarding to the Devel list, for wider audience. Thanks, brynn

-----Original Message----- From: brynn Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2019 10:31 PM To: Inkscape User Community Subject: [Inkscape-user] forum guidelines/CoC/complaints

Hi Friends, I've previously volunteered to lead an effort to write the rules and guidelines for the new forum. Except for the rules about selecting staff and staff responsibilities, I think the community CoC should suffice. So I was just reviewing it.

   One thing specifically that I would like in the forum rules is a clear

and concrete method where members can file a complaint and have it fairly heard and settled.

   In the CoC, apparently all that's available is contact Krzysztof

Kosiński: tweenk.pl@...3368... Unless the complaint is about a moderator, in which case members are supposed to contact the Board.

   First question - Why is it a different process for complaints about

moderators?

The board has a higher level of authority and power to deal with structural or staff problems than the CoC contact point does.

   2nd - Can I at least say that Krzysztof Kosiński has some training and

experience in conflict resolution? Or do we have other community members with such qualifications, who could do this for the forum?

Could you email him offlist and ask first? I don't know if he has training in this area myself. IIRC he had felt we needed to have a specific name included in the CoC to make the role concrete, and was willing to serve as that name.

It would certainly be useful to know if there are other community members with training/experience in this area, and if they'd be interested in serving in a formal role with the project. With the new forum coming online, this could be a convenient point in time to transition if it makes sense.

Bryce