Hall monitors - announcing the bad cops

[Elias Bizannes]

Hi everyone,

As agreed on today's steering call, the following people have been
nominated to guard the DataPortability collaboration tools based on
recent experience of abuse, spam, and inappropriate conduct of fellow
participants.

1) Steering mailing list: Brett McDowell
2) Wiki: Daniela Barbosa
3) Public mailing list (this one): Elias Bizannes (me).

It would be great if people could step up for all the chat rooms,
other mailing lists, or even support the above mentioned.

Given moderation will be subjective, the following will be my approach
to how I conduct this role:
1) If you post spam: Your message will be deleted and you will be
banned. No tolerance.
2) If you make an attack on a person: You will be warned, asked to
apologise, and any subsequent action afterwards that is inappropriate
despite the warning, will have you banned until further notice.

As I said, this is subjective, but hopefully the above will help you
understand my approach as this mailing list continues to grow (now
1230 people) and history has shown people seem to lack professional
behavioral when conducting themselves on these forums. Ultimately,
this is more about encouraging a positive environment and not anything
else.

Regards,
Elias