[UbuntuWomen] How has the Code of Conduct helped you?

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> How has the Code of Conduct helped you?

Here are my personal observations which I had meant to blog about for
some months now but......., and for those who've heard me say this
before, i'll try to keep it short :

0] imho people need to be polite and helpful, period ; instead of
blindly signing the CoC (see #1) just to get the Ubuntu membership and
flouting the CoC because they _can_ get away with it and often do, in
an obtuse way(see #2).

1] Over time, the CoC signing has become a ritual leading to (the
status symbol?) : the ubuntu membership (with perks like and
@ubuntu.com mail id and the irc cloak, etc...). So while the Ubuntu
membership entry is simple, the exit for negative behaviour is still
not in Black 'N White and action is taken only when _many_ people
complain.... kinda sad.  I'd rather not go into specifics since all of
us here are aware of them but ignore it(?).

2] Sometimes its exactly zero standards (or maybe "different"
standards?), so if the CoC is being applied in an obtuse kind of way
the crux of the problem remains unresolved. If its all talk and no
action, then its definitely not very motivating for volunteers and
just perhaps the CoC implementation is b0rken.


That said, for the larger part the community has grown phenomenally,
attracted a lot of new blood, which is simply fantastic. One would not
find this growth in any other community in such a short span of time
but on closer observation, over the years (far too) many old-timers
have left (for various reasons, best known to them) and that is
Ubuntu's loss.
If the attrition rate in the commercial industry is worrisome, in the
volunteer community its precious and worth keeping an eye over. So i'd
love to see #1 & 2 change and #0 as the norm, thence making the CoC
redundant.

/end thinking out loud.

...and thanks for listening !

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