[governance] Need to end the throwing of verbal stones (was Re: Final composition...)

[Norbert Bollow]

[with IGC coordinator hat on]

David Allen <David_Allen_AB63 at post.harvard.edu> wrote:

> More generally - instead of verbal stones hurled back and forth,  
> useful discussion turns on finding common questions where there will  
> be civil discourse about differences.  As has been noted, that has  
> been in short supply.  Coordinators please note.

Thanks, David, for posting this reminder. :-)

I would add that it is very difficult if not impossible to have such
a civil discourse in a climate of personal attacks. These really need
to be stopped first.

There have been quite a few postings recently that can not be
reasonably understood as legitimately questioning viewpoints and
practices, but which are clearly personal attacks.

According to the Charter of this Caucus [1], personal attacks are not
acceptable, and it is a responsibility of the coordinators to take
action in reaction to such attacks being made, according to be a
specified procedure. In view of also having other responsibilities,
needing to coordinate between the coordinators who are in opposite time
zones, feeling a need to exercise the utmost fairness possible, and the
need to handle things in an "appeal-proof" matter, quick action in this
regard is not always immediately possible.
[1] http://igcaucus.org/charter

But I can assure you and everyone that Sala and I are aware of our
responsibility in this regard. It now looks likely that we will now
unfortunately have to take, at least in some instances, the matter
beyond the point of "formal private warnings". This shouldn't be done
without coordination, or in a hurry though. So a bit of patience may
be required in regard to the need for execution of the steps foreseen
in the Charter for this kind of situation.

Greetings,
Norbert

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