Downtown Los Angeles Drupal governance policy conference call #1 on August 9, 2012

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Posted by christefano on August 6, 2012 at 10:26pm
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2012-08-09 14:00 - 15:00 America/Los_Angeles
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User group meeting

Several of the Downtown Los Angeles Drupal organizers have scheduled an open conference call on on August 9, 2012 between 2-3pm Pacific (5-6pm Eastern).

In light of recent events that led to banning a member of the community, the agenda will consist of discussion around the proposed Downtown Los Angeles Drupal governance policy at http://groups.drupal.org/downtown-los-angeles/governance

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There's a good post about

Posted by christefano on August 7, 2012 at 7:31am
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There's a good post about what's happening around governance in open source user groups in the Drupal.org community and beyond at Dries Buytaert's website. I recommend that if you're reading this comment that you read this, as well:

   http://buytaert.net/proposal-from-first-drupal-governance-sprint

This is the first post I've seen in the Drupal community that follows the Community Leadership Summit in Portland from a few weeks back. I, for one, welcome anyone who attended the conference to join our conference call.

Minutes from governance policy conference call #1

Posted by christefano on August 10, 2012 at 7:38am
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Miguel, Lee, Oliver and Christefano were present on this call.

Discussion: Local vs. International Governance

Discussion: Recent Events in Los Angeles

  • Discussion of recent events where members of the community have been banned or acted in ways to possibly warrant it
  • Christefano is to propose a new section on "how people become members and how people are removed as members" to the proposed governance policy at http://groups.drupal.org/downtown-los-angeles/governance
  • Discussion of what do do around [the recent member whose account has been banned for inappropriate behavior]. Everyone is supportive of finding a structured way to allow this person back into the community (and community events) and into good standing
  • Lee will take the lead roll in this initiative
  • All others on the call are supportive of this and will step in to the best of their abilities if Lee is away for some reason

Discussion: Slander, Libel and Passive-Aggressive Behavior

  • Christefano brings up a complex food-for-thought example of slander, libel and passive-aggressive behavior and asks if the decision from the previous discussion would handle this case, as well
  • Is it even possible to remove someone from the community?
  • Christefano does not really want the effect of banning someone to cause fallout greater than the benefits of removing that person from the community
  • Oliver suggests that the group focuses on promoting professional behavior in both group events and online
  • General agreement by all on the conference call that slander and libel is also disruptive to community and is regarded as inappropriate behavior

Next Steps

  • Lee will talk with the other founders at Droplabs, a place and community designed to be a permanent venue for Los Angeles Drupal activity, about possibly bringing [above member] back into good standing
  • Christefano will propose a new section on "how people become members and how people are removed as members" to the governance policy
  • The next governance conference call will focus on discussions around how to add and remove both members and organizers.