[Haskell-community] Civility notes (was "Traversable instances for (, , ) a b")

[Jack Hill]

On Wed, 5 Apr 2017, amindfv at gmail.com wrote:

> I'm also +1 to a CoC, although have less of an opinion on what shape it should take. CoCs are an effective way of making people who may feel like outsiders to a community feel
> more welcome. The Haskell community is amazing and inclusive but not the most diverse, and projects which are doing better on that front largely all have CoCs.
> 
> In terms of what shape it takes: there are lots of off-the-shelf ones for different needs: I'd suggest picking one of them.
> 
> Tom

+1 to a CoC. My sentiments almost exactly mirror Tom's.

In addition, one thing that I really like about the Python community is 
that in addition to a CoC, which I see as a means document (i.e. it is by 
adhering to the CoC that we create the community that we want), they also 
have a diversity statement, which I see as an ends document (i.e. an 
aspirational statement about what the community we want should be). I 
encourage us to adopt a similar approach. In fact, I imagine that 
eventually we would have multiple means of working towards our ends; in 
addition to a CoC, we could have, for example, policies to promote respect 
and inclusivity in our Summer of Code projects.

Best,
Jack

[0] https://www.python.org/community/diversity/