Re: [libreoffice-marketing] "Code of Conduct"

Hi :)
The main problem as i see it is that a lot of the people that give the best answers and really fix 
most of the trickiest and seemingly intractable problems are the people with the bad attitude 
towards most of the people asking questions.  We need them.  There are a few people that are also 
pretty fantastic and still manage to treat people with respect and even in a friendly positive 
manner.  Such people are very rare.  We can't afford to lose all the rude ones.  Imagine House MD 
with House or that music thing without Simon Cowl (or whatever his name is)!!  

There are some delicates balancing acts around this issue.  
Regards from
Tom :)  






> ________________________________
> From: Charles-H. Schulz <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org>
> To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Tuesday, 25 September 2012, 10:18
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] "Code of Conduct"
>
> Hello Tom,
>
> I don't know why you posted this on the marketing list, perhaps we
> should continue this discussion on discuss@... anyway. 
>
> Maybe such a code of conduct is needed, I don't dwell too much on the
> users list to be frank. However, what's really important is to have this
> code enforced, and that means to have community members who are able to
> moderate and help the mailing list in question to remain polite and
> helpful. In this sense, I would trust a few people more than I would
> trust a code of conduct. As you do spend much more time  on the Users
> mailing list than me, do you think you need such a code, or do you need
> more people to help out users (in a polite tone, of course)?
>
> Best,
> Charles. 
>
> Le mardi 25 septembre 2012 à 11:04 +0200, Florian Monfort a écrit :
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > Sure sounds like a great idea :)
> >
> > +1
> >
> > --
> > Florian Monfort
> > Marketing Apprentice at Red Hat
> > Marketing Team at The Document Foundation
> > Student at France Business School
> > +33 6 58 97 15 61
> > florian.monfort@gmail.com
> > On Sep 25, 2012 11:02 AM, "Tom Davies" <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi :)
> > >
> > > I was wondering if we could set-up a "Code of Conduct" along the lines of
> > > Ubuntu's?
> > >
> > > http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > While we like to believe that everyone on the lists and involved with
> > > LO is "just like us" that means very different things for different
> > > combinations of "us".  The marketing list and documentation lists are very
> > > polite and welcoming when someone new arrives and starts asking questions
> > > but the Users List is often very rude and makes the new person feel very
> > > unwelcome or even intimidated.  Can we legislate against rudeness?  Can we
> > > even define it?  Different people obviously have very different ideas about
> > > what is acceptable behaviour.
> > >
> > > Regards from
> > > Tom :)
> > >
> > >
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