Involuntarily leaving SC: Allow PM on forum

[mariolenz]

I think we should change the process and allow to contact possibly inactive SC members via a private message on the forum.

After all, we've moved most (all?) discussions and votes to the forum. So we can assume that SC members are active there, can't we?

[mariolenz]

While we're at it, I think we should also allow discussing Ansible Community Code of Conduct violations via PM.

What do you think?

[gundalow]

While we're at it, I think we should also allow discussing Ansible Community Code of Conduct

Maybe we move that to a separate discussion. Though I'd like to understand what (if anything) can be improved.

[mariolenz]

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[mariolenz]

While we're at it, I think we should also allow discussing Ansible Community Code of Conduct

Maybe we move that to a separate discussion.

Sure, no problem: Revert "Allow CoC violations via PM"

Though I'd like to understand what (if anything) can be improved.

I'm not sure what you mean. Since most of the discussions take place on the forum, allowing to use the forum / PMs for this process instead of using emails and therefor a different communication channel sounds like a simplification (and therefor an improvement) to me. Or did I get you wrong?

[samccann]

Hi folks - before we merge, we'd need to understand how 'private' a forum DM is. As in can all forum Admins see it? Can forum moderators see it? I dunno the answer to either question but I'll try to dig them up.

[mariolenz]

we'd need to understand how 'private' a forum DM is. As in can all forum Admins see it? Can forum moderators see it? I dunno the answer to either question but I'll try to dig them up.

How "private" is an email if you don't use E2E encryption? We don't require S/MIME or PGP for email communication as far as I know. So I should say that a PM is better because only the forum admins might see it. An unencrypted email is far less secure IMHO.

[gundalow]

Though I'd like to understand what (if anything) can be improved.

I'm not sure what you mean. Since most of the discussions take place on the forum, allowing to use the forum / PMs for this process instead of using emails and therefor a different communication channel sounds like a simplification (and therefor an improvement) to me. Or did I get you wrong?

Regarding Code of Conduct. If we want to review that I'd prefer that to be done clearly and as a dedicated separate task.