Thread: Initial draft for our "Code of Ethics and Conduct"
Hi all, This is the first draft of a "Code of Ethics and Conduct" document for us. It includes bits about our Mission and similar, and is based on the draft document for another Open Source Software group. Not sure what people think, but my hope is that it'll give us a good basis for making future decisions upon, in a transparent and predictable manner. What needs to be added, altered, changed, etc? :-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift ********************* PostgreSQL Advocacy and Marketing Team Code of Ethics and Conduct Draft Document Revision 0.01 *These ethics and principles are submitted for consideration as a starting point for discussion purposes - to help advance the standards and practices of the PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team. Membership in the PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team is a privilege and responsibility, not a right or entitlement. The PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team's purpose is to advance, promote and represent best practises in all its efforts, actions and associations. Members of the PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team are committed to follow and promote the principles, practices, and ethics defined in the following Code of Ethics and Conduct. Members who knowingly violate the Code of Conduct will be subject to sensure, suspension, expulsion or other action determined appropriate by a Peer Review Panel. Any judgement of the Peer Review Panel will take effect immediately and may only be appealed at the request of a majority of the registered Membership. *PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team's Vision* To bring PostgreSQL to the forefront of the Open Source Database industry, serving and protecting the best interests of the PostgreSQL Community, its individual members and contributors. *PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team Mission* To find, embrace, promote and disseminate best practices in all actions related to the use and advancement of PostgreSQL. *PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team Code of Conduct* PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team members will act with integrity, fairness, and responsibility whenever their actions relate to the interests of Free/Libre Open Source Software Communities and its individual members and contributors. PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team members actions should ensure that all members and contributors in the Free/Libre Open Source Software Communities can work diligently together in advancing the best interests of all. PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team members will provide aid or referral to all those who seek to develop and improve the quality and competency in their PostgreSQL capabilities. PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team members will adhere to the highest standards of professional conduct in their Free/Libre Open Source Software activities, ensuring always that those efforts result in unequivocal informed consent based on providing full disclose, due diligence and duty of care. *Members Privileges and Responsibilities* PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team members commit themselves, in their not-for-profit, personal and commercial endeavours, to the promotion and advancement of PostgreSQL by participating and contributing to the PostgreSQL Body of Knowledge through the following behaviours in all their actions: - Advancing New and Better Performance based Learning Initiatives - Mentoring at least one new member annually - Sponsoring new members entering the Community - Demonstrating Rigour in all Research and Reporting - Promote and preserve public trust and confidence - Improve security and safety for all - Actively discourage negative or destructive behaviours - Tell only and all the truth - Give freely to the PostgreSQL Community - Take only what is freely given - Choose the right way over the easy way - Equally respect all others - Accept those who disagree with you - Resolve conflicts based on these principles and the good of the PostgreSQL Community - Abide by the laws and the regulations of the juristiction - Avoid or declare openly all personal conflicts of interest, or the appearance that a conflict may exist - Choose PostgreSQL solutions whenever those meet the needs of the users - Respect and accept the Intellectual Property, Ownership and Licensing requirements of all software used - Never condone or accept, through action or inaction, the illegal or unprincipled practices of others in relation to PostgreSQL and/or the PostgreSQL Community *********************
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 23:27:21 +0800, Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org> wrote: > - Mentoring at least one new member annually If this refers to new Marketting/Advocacy members I think this may not be workable unless a lot of people are leaving the group. Otherwise it implies that the group must double in size every year for enough people to be available to be mentored. > - Tell only and all the truth What about exceptions for people who have signed NDAs? > - Abide by the laws and the regulations of the juristiction Was this supposed to be "their" (instead of "the") juristiction? I wouldn't want to agree with that (but then I am not really a good candidate for the advocacy group) as it would rule out civil disobediance or just ignoring stupid laws. > - Choose PostgreSQL solutions whenever those meet the needs of the users I think this is a bad idea. The ethical thing to do is to provide people with the best soltuion for them taking into account all of their needs.
Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 23:27:21 +0800, > Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org> wrote: > >> - Mentoring at least one new member annually > > If this refers to new Marketting/Advocacy members I think this may not > be workable unless a lot of people are leaving the group. Otherwise > it implies that the group must double in size every year for enough people > to be available to be mentored. Ok, good point, that may not be needed for us. :) Then again, it might turn out to be useful... reckon it's feasible to do, and to maintain "quality" with? >> - Tell only and all the truth > > What about exceptions for people who have signed NDAs? Ok, how about: - Tell only and all the truth, where legally permissible? >> - Abide by the laws and the regulations of the juristiction > > Was this supposed to be "their" (instead of "the") juristiction? > I wouldn't want to agree with that (but then I am not really a good > candidate for the advocacy group) as it would rule out civil disobediance > or just ignoring stupid laws. Hmmm, good point. Not sure about the civil disobediance. We should probably narrow it down to "their" and also ensure the focus is on PostgreSQL (or Open Source) related activities. >> - Choose PostgreSQL solutions whenever those meet the needs of the users > > > I think this is a bad idea. The ethical thing to do is to provide people > with the best soltuion for them taking into account all of their needs. Ok, very, very good point. Should have thought of that myself too, as thats the way I work. ;-) I'm going to bed soon, so I'll have to read comments in the morning. 'nite all Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 23:27:21 +0800, Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org> wrote: > > *PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team's Vision* > > To bring PostgreSQL to the forefront of the Open Source Database > industry, serving and protecting the best interests of the PostgreSQL > Community, its individual members and contributors. I am not sure how best to say this, but I think the Advocacy team should be also trying to help people who could benefit from PostgreSQL but who aren't currently members of the PostgreSQL community.
Part of being responsible includes good and active communication. If one takes on a responsibility and cannot fullfill it completely, that person must communicate to the group as soon as possible so that someone else can pick up the task or the group can work around the problem. As this is a volunteer group, people have other responsibilities and sometimes have to bail out. Good communication is critical for this type of situation. This idea follows for items that have a due date and cannot be completed by that time. The responsible person must communicate that information in a timely manner. We know these things happen, but if we make a point to talk to each other, then shifting responsibilities does not have to be an overwhelming problem. Also, who is considered to be "a member" at this time? Josh, Bruce and Robert Treat are the ones listed on the web site. What about other active members of the mailing list? What is the criteria for being a member of the advocacy group? Who decides? elein On Saturday 14 June 2003 08:27, Justin Clift wrote: > Hi all, > > This is the first draft of a "Code of Ethics and Conduct" document for > us. It includes bits about our Mission and similar, and is based on the > draft document for another Open Source Software group. > > Not sure what people think, but my hope is that it'll give us a good > basis for making future decisions upon, in a transparent and predictable > manner. > > What needs to be added, altered, changed, etc? > > :-) > > Regards and best wishes, > > Justin Clift > > > ********************* > > > PostgreSQL Advocacy and Marketing Team Code of Ethics and Conduct > Draft Document Revision 0.01 > > > *These ethics and principles are submitted for consideration as a > starting point for discussion purposes - to help advance the standards > and practices of the PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team. > > Membership in the PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team is a privilege and > responsibility, not a right or entitlement. The PGDG Advocacy and > Marketing Team's purpose is to advance, promote and represent best > practises in all its efforts, actions and associations. > > Members of the PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team are committed to follow > and promote the principles, practices, and ethics defined in the > following Code of Ethics and Conduct. Members who knowingly violate the > Code of Conduct will be subject to sensure, suspension, expulsion or > other action determined appropriate by a Peer Review Panel. Any > judgement of the Peer Review Panel will take effect immediately and may > only be appealed at the request of a majority of the registered Membership. > > > *PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team's Vision* > > To bring PostgreSQL to the forefront of the Open Source Database > industry, serving and protecting the best interests of the PostgreSQL > Community, its individual members and contributors. > > > *PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team Mission* > > To find, embrace, promote and disseminate best practices in all actions > related to the use and advancement of PostgreSQL. > > > *PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team Code of Conduct* > > PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team members will act with integrity, > fairness, and responsibility whenever their actions relate to the > interests of Free/Libre Open Source Software Communities and its > individual members and contributors. > > PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team members actions should ensure that all > members and contributors in the Free/Libre Open Source Software > Communities can work diligently together in advancing the best interests > of all. > > PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team members will provide aid or referral to > all those who seek to develop and improve the quality and competency in > their PostgreSQL capabilities. > > PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team members will adhere to the highest > standards of professional conduct in their Free/Libre Open Source > Software activities, ensuring always that those efforts result in > unequivocal informed consent based on providing full disclose, due > diligence and duty of care. > > > *Members Privileges and Responsibilities* > > PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team members commit themselves, in their > not-for-profit, personal and commercial endeavours, to the promotion and > advancement of PostgreSQL by participating and contributing to the > PostgreSQL Body of Knowledge through the following behaviours in all > their actions: > > - Advancing New and Better Performance based Learning Initiatives > > - Mentoring at least one new member annually > > - Sponsoring new members entering the Community > > - Demonstrating Rigour in all Research and Reporting > > - Promote and preserve public trust and confidence > > - Improve security and safety for all > > - Actively discourage negative or destructive behaviours > > - Tell only and all the truth > > - Give freely to the PostgreSQL Community > > - Take only what is freely given > > - Choose the right way over the easy way > > - Equally respect all others > > - Accept those who disagree with you > > - Resolve conflicts based on these principles and the good of the > PostgreSQL Community > > - Abide by the laws and the regulations of the juristiction > > - Avoid or declare openly all personal conflicts of interest, or the > appearance that a conflict may exist > > - Choose PostgreSQL solutions whenever those meet the needs of the users > > - Respect and accept the Intellectual Property, Ownership and > Licensing requirements of all software used > > - Never condone or accept, through action or inaction, the illegal or > unprincipled practices of others in relation to PostgreSQL and/or the > PostgreSQL Community > > > ********************* > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > > -- ============================================================= elein@varlena.com Database Consulting www.varlena.com PostgreSQL General Bits http:/www.varlena.com/GeneralBits/ "Free your mind the rest will follow" -- en vogue
Does it cover not using ridiculous reasons to bag a certain competing open source database? :P Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Clift" <justin@postgresql.org> To: "PostgreSQL Advocacy and Marketing Mailing List" <pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 11:27 PM Subject: [pgsql-advocacy] Initial draft for our "Code of Ethics and Conduct" > Hi all, > > This is the first draft of a "Code of Ethics and Conduct" document for > us. It includes bits about our Mission and similar, and is based on the > draft document for another Open Source Software group. > > Not sure what people think, but my hope is that it'll give us a good > basis for making future decisions upon, in a transparent and predictable > manner. > > What needs to be added, altered, changed, etc? > > :-) > > Regards and best wishes, > > Justin Clift > > > ********************* > > > PostgreSQL Advocacy and Marketing Team Code of Ethics and Conduct > Draft Document Revision 0.01 > > > *These ethics and principles are submitted for consideration as a > starting point for discussion purposes - to help advance the standards > and practices of the PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team. > > Membership in the PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team is a privilege and > responsibility, not a right or entitlement. The PGDG Advocacy and > Marketing Team's purpose is to advance, promote and represent best > practises in all its efforts, actions and associations. > > Members of the PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team are committed to follow > and promote the principles, practices, and ethics defined in the > following Code of Ethics and Conduct. Members who knowingly violate the > Code of Conduct will be subject to sensure, suspension, expulsion or > other action determined appropriate by a Peer Review Panel. Any > judgement of the Peer Review Panel will take effect immediately and may > only be appealed at the request of a majority of the registered Membership. > > > *PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team's Vision* > > To bring PostgreSQL to the forefront of the Open Source Database > industry, serving and protecting the best interests of the PostgreSQL > Community, its individual members and contributors. > > > *PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team Mission* > > To find, embrace, promote and disseminate best practices in all actions > related to the use and advancement of PostgreSQL. > > > *PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team Code of Conduct* > > PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team members will act with integrity, > fairness, and responsibility whenever their actions relate to the > interests of Free/Libre Open Source Software Communities and its > individual members and contributors. > > PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team members actions should ensure that all > members and contributors in the Free/Libre Open Source Software > Communities can work diligently together in advancing the best interests > of all. > > PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team members will provide aid or referral to > all those who seek to develop and improve the quality and competency in > their PostgreSQL capabilities. > > PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team members will adhere to the highest > standards of professional conduct in their Free/Libre Open Source > Software activities, ensuring always that those efforts result in > unequivocal informed consent based on providing full disclose, due > diligence and duty of care. > > > *Members Privileges and Responsibilities* > > PGDG Advocacy and Marketing Team members commit themselves, in their > not-for-profit, personal and commercial endeavours, to the promotion and > advancement of PostgreSQL by participating and contributing to the > PostgreSQL Body of Knowledge through the following behaviours in all > their actions: > > - Advancing New and Better Performance based Learning Initiatives > > - Mentoring at least one new member annually > > - Sponsoring new members entering the Community > > - Demonstrating Rigour in all Research and Reporting > > - Promote and preserve public trust and confidence > > - Improve security and safety for all > > - Actively discourage negative or destructive behaviours > > - Tell only and all the truth > > - Give freely to the PostgreSQL Community > > - Take only what is freely given > > - Choose the right way over the easy way > > - Equally respect all others > > - Accept those who disagree with you > > - Resolve conflicts based on these principles and the good of the > PostgreSQL Community > > - Abide by the laws and the regulations of the juristiction > > - Avoid or declare openly all personal conflicts of interest, or the > appearance that a conflict may exist > > - Choose PostgreSQL solutions whenever those meet the needs of the users > > - Respect and accept the Intellectual Property, Ownership and > Licensing requirements of all software used > > - Never condone or accept, through action or inaction, the illegal or > unprincipled practices of others in relation to PostgreSQL and/or the > PostgreSQL Community > > > ********************* > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster >