[coc-tf] Balance between between judgement and process (was: Re: (no subject))

Hi,

I sent an e-mail on a Friday. I did my best on the actual content and
therefore forgot to give it a subject line.

Sorry about that.

I hope that now it has a subject it is more likely to show up in your inboxes.

Kind regards,

Leo

On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 10:14 AM Leo Vegoda <leo at vegoda.org> wrote:
>
> Dear TF and RIPE Chair Team,
>
> Thank you all for a very interesting discussion earlier today.
>
> The action item we took away for us all to think over was the balance
> between the authority delegated to the team that performs the initial
> investigation in suggesting a consequence and oversight by people with
> broader responsibilities. Greater oversight at an earlier stage could
> reduce the options for escalation. In other words, what is the balance
> between judgement and process?
>
> The proposal below is intended as a straw man for discussion. I am not
> emotionally attached to it and won't be offended if I am told that the
> balance is wrong. My intention is for us to reach a shared
> understanding of why we should or should not draw the balance in a
> particular place.
>
> 8<---- START STRAW MAN PROPOSAL ----->8
>
> The TF recognises that it does not have a body of experience for the
> team that will implement the Code of Conduct to draw on. While that
> body of experience is being developed, we favour adjusting the balance
> towards greater oversight of suggested consequences. We recognise that
> this could leave less opportunity for escalation. In essence, we
> favour taking more opportunities to get things right earlier on,
> especially when this is a new process.
>
> For example:
>
> The Code of Conduct Team is asked to investigate a report at a RIPE
> meeting. The sub-team investigating the report (two trained community
> members, plus one RIPE NCC support person) believes that the incident
> is sufficiently serious that the subject of the report should not be
> admitted to the remainder of the RIPE meeting.
>
> Because they feel the need to suggest such serious consequences they
> provide a summary of the incident and the suggested consequences to
> both the RIPE Chair and the RIPE NCC Managing Director. Either of
> those people is able to adjust the suggested consequences before
> implementation.
>
> 8<---- END STRAW MAN PROPOSAL ----->8
>
> This straw man proposal is an implicit acknowledgement that we might
> want to adjust our processes as we gain more experience. The RIPE
> community is likely to suggest changes based on periodic experience
> reports.
>
> Please feel free to share your thoughts on this list or at our next
> scheduled meeting.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Leo
>
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