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

[Mawaki Chango]

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On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> [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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