Feedback on the Code of Conduct and input on how the Citizens’ House should deal with conflicts of interest is always welcome, and we appreciate the community’s thoughtful discussion here. While we’re iterating on the rules and parameters in governance, the Collective must abide by existing policies (e.g. Code of Conduct). If an individual, or group, disagrees with a policy, they should still abide by it and propose future changes. A system in which each individual only abides by the rules they themselves agree with is not sustainable.
We’d like to respond to some of the points raised in this thread:
- The Foundation warned lightclient multiple times that this behavior would be considered a violation of the CoC. lightclient confirmed receipt of the messages, disagreed with the Foundation’s assessment, and continued to cast votes that they knew would be in violation of the CoC. In a public discussion during the voting period, multiple badgeholders have also voiced their opinion that this is a violation of the Code of Conduct and should be avoided. Following several warnings of a Code of Conduct violation, a temporary suspension has been issued, resulting in the removal of the voting badge for the next nearest RetroPGF instantiation, or Round 4 (see CoC). Lightclient is still eligible to receive a voting badge in future RetroPGF rounds.
- On the feedback of unclear language used in rule 2d, as it states in the CoC: “We ask that Optimists please act in accordance with the spirit of the Code of Conduct and refrain from exploiting loopholes that may exist.” The intent and applicability of rule 2d were clarified several times in public and private conversations with lightclient.
- While the Code of Conduct is currently enforced by the Foundation in the Citizens’ House, the Collective is experimenting with a decentralized process in the Token House. Dependent on the learnings of this experiment, a Code of Conduct Council may be implemented in the Citizens’ House.