Bits from the Debian Anti-harassment team

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Subject: Bits from the Debian Anti-harassment team

From: Martín Ferrari <tincho@tincho.org>

Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 18:12:01 +0000

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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Dear all, In order to help the Debian community understand the community health and status of the Anti-harassment team, we will be sending out regular small reports. General info and contact ======================== We are a point of contact for not only reporting inappropriate behaviour or abuse, but also for any community member concerned about creating a more welcoming and respectful environment in Debian. If you see interactions that you consider deserve attention, please let us know. Do now wait till a problem becomes too big, we can also act as friendly de-escalators or mediators. And you can always forward information for which no action is to be taken, but that will be kept in file should a problem become more serious in the future. The main documents that we use as reference and we recommend everybody to know about them are: * The Debian Diversity Statement, approved in 2012 https://www.debian.org/intro/diversity * The Debian Code of Conduct, approved in 2014 https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct * The DebConf Code of Conduct, introduced in 2014 https://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml The mail contact is antiharassment@debian.org and we try to keep our wiki page up to date: https://wiki.debian.org/AntiHarassment If you want to get in touch without contacting the whole team, or without being recorded in the alias history, you can also contact any of the members directly. Team members ============ Here's the current composition of the team: Laura Arjona Reina (IRC nick larjona) - since June 2016 Martín Ferrari (IRC nick Tincho) - since April 2018 Molly de Blanc (IRC nick mollydb) - since October 2018 We hope the team will continue to grow (we aim for 3-5 members, with around 1 year turnover). Please contact the team if you would like to help, or want to nominate somebody! Recent activity =============== In the last 3 months we had the following activity: * A suggestion/comment about improving transparency, hence this report (we hope to send reports like this every 3 months). * One request for intervention on a dispute about a package deemed offensive; we issued our recommendation: Bug #907199 * We were informed by the Debian Project Leader (DPL) about 5 issues, which he handled himself or forwarded/coordinated with Debian Account Managers (DAM) (thanks!) * We were asked by the DPL to intervene in a dispute between two developers that had become too aggressive. We worked with the involved parties to de-escalate and offer alternatives moving forward. * We received several reports about one member of the project (unwelcoming behaviour, disrespectful communication). We have acknowledged the receipts and are in conversations about how to handle this, in coordination with DPL/DAM (who where also informed by the reporters(s)). * We received one report about a Debian contributor (unwelcoming behaviour). We have acknowledged the receipt, discussed within the team how to act and with the core member of the team affected, and will take action soon. * We had a request about removing messages from mailing list and replied . * Several attendees at DebConf 18 served as a local anti-harassment team (see below), handling two disputes between attendees and a possible Code of Conduct violation, and mediating in minor issues or offering advice during the conference. A general reminder about the CoC was sent via micronews several times during DebConf18. Outstanding issues ================== We have the following outstanding issues (more than 3 months since reported/raised): * A reported serious issue about behaviour of a Debian member towards another person. This is a long standing issue and we have taken some actions on it; we hope we can close it soon. * We have been involved in the discussions about the photo policy for DebConf, and we plan to make a proposal soon. Thanks ====== * In our wiki page[1] you can find the emeritus members of the team. We thank them for their previous dedication to this task. * None of the members of the team at the moment could attend DebConf18, and so an ad-hoc team was created[2]. We want to specially thank them and recognise their dedication to step up for such a task, and for doing it very well and in coordination with us. Their names are: Tássia Camões Araújo, Enrico Zini, Molly de Blanc (now part of the AH team), and Taowa Munene-Tardif. * Thanks to the Debian Project Leader and the Debian Account Managers who also deal with requests related to violations of the Code of Conduct and/or conflicts within Debian. Final note ========== Our wiki page [1] also includes some references that can help in communication within the project and creating a healthy and welcoming environment. [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/AntiHarassment [2]: https://lists.debian.org/debconf-team/2018/07/msg00055.html Kind regards - -- For the Debian Anti harassment team, Laura Arjona Reina https://wiki.debian.org/LauraArjona -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEETe94h3mvRsa9AoOeXdjgv5Gj09oFAlvfNmoACgkQXdjgv5Gj 09oWiQ//ZnUs9CVAeMVoPcZTKii1LO1q43NsMilbe1bTrUY6boqzci2PKD3MnNNF RgiNkW+nfriJ+LcuhfLWFJ5CyJeQNlEq/aHFJVus4gfZxiXg3rKHyOkslV3+MV1l 6LPkCC2Lx0RFq3QtZSplq4+tsA4seewR805o6Qw44lvFcDBAjMBN1546SEhApNfI yIlYbFAeGauHePrOUBoDJsYvIGHqypuYDa+8HWSh5jkLDylBfUIBYgrZkFPz+spk sjM09anWml5OenZ6BHJaHJnXO281XVwsAJfRmMZABOyuA/ZYPKwBNkMV1XDHjaak zVtw+JRtx9e9E4BGXFpF2vN4VMO2t3c7E47mhsMVZ30VWVunfX1m2Zp9dDR6Ml0U 3UpMAX3tjfByvGXOoypcQshZF5K0S2MrKF/kxoqAMzSE6/I3/80otJ+M2Inh8y0q STJIdml16qPtP4r+6U/aozlVExDuhYeW/MTxQd4QPzRe4kFZZ/00M5lA0zEWBzWl dmbz9Kximxrtl5ktUeeb3kuua1yh8LUnZN+6z4RL98CqDhzrquIfa89IH/OFD+0A WNWRuxy0FmI2RthG+76ocMqgkUnh+CFaQ+IlEPQA9lDpqoc2IbQnnzaXjDN2jX+7 yBuS8uwYGY7zLYZKg14xYolZQ5Egd9VOI88AwAgm+VrMqNU2cqQ= =buh7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----