From ef34354203a46c41312f9b2e26181f9156766520 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Cotton Date: Apr 10 2019 15:07:06 +0000 Subject: Add a draft of a policy making clear our position on channel-specific bans --- diff --git a/council/modules/ROOT/pages/policies.adoc b/council/modules/ROOT/pages/policies.adoc index 4dd05fc..1d2cdc9 100644 --- a/council/modules/ROOT/pages/policies.adoc +++ b/council/modules/ROOT/pages/policies.adoc @@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ Once a ticket notifying us of a code of conduct issue has been filed, the Counci (Fedora Council IRC meeting, 2018-05-23) -== Policy Change policy +Teams within Fedora have the freedom to decide what is on- and off-topic for their fora (IRC channel, mailing list, Telegram channel, et cetera). +Moderators may ban participants for repeatedly engaging in off-topic discussion in contributor channels, however they must file a ticket with the Council_'s https://pagure.io/CoC/issues[Code of Conduct issue tracker] to report the ban. +Bans for being off-topic in one channel may not be extended to other channels unless the behavior is displayed in that channel as well. +In this case, each ban should be treated as a separate issue with its own ticket. +Community members who wish to appeal the ban may file a https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/tickets/issues[ticket with the Council]. +== Policy Change policy Proposed changes to Fedora Council policies must be publicly announced on the https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/council-discuss.lists.fedoraproject.org/[council-discuss mailing list] and in a https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/[Fedora Community Blog] post in order to get feedback from the community. After a minimum of two calendar weeks, the Council may vote on the proposed change using the *full consensus* voting model. After approval, the change is reflected on the https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/council/policies/[Council policies page].