[Haskell-community] Haskell.org committee proposals & GRC

[Jasper Van der Jeugt]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the feedback.  You're completely right: that sort of
documentation is sorely lacking.  I'll update the proposal and/or
repository to more explicit about this.

Warm regards
Jasper

On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 05:40:19PM +0200, Michael Snoyman wrote:
> Maybe this is just me, but I think it would be useful to have documented in
> that repository as well what items fall under the purview of the haskell.org
> committee, and therefore what kinds of proposals would be appropriate.
> Maybe this is just me, but I'm not certain where the line would be drawn
> between different groups and committees within the wider Haskell ecosystem.
> If this is already documented somewhere, a link from the README.md would
> IMO be very helpful.
> 
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 5:23 PM Jasper Van der Jeugt <m at jaspervdj.be> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > The Haskell.org committee would like to adopt a new proposal format,
> > inspired by the GHC Steering Committee.  We have created a repository
> > with proposals here:
> >
> >    https://github.com/haskell-org/committee
> >
> > I would like to call the members of the committee to vote on these
> > proposals, but we also value community feedback.  The two proposals
> > are:
> >
> >  -  0001: Establish the proposal process
> >     https://github.com/haskell-org/committee/pull/1
> >  -  0002: Adopt the GRC code of conduct
> >     https://github.com/haskell-org/committee/pull/2
> >
> > For posterity and archival, I am including the full text of the
> > proposals here.  For the record, I am in favor of accepting both
> > proposals.
> >
> > # Proposal 0001: Haskell.org proposals
> >
> > In an effort to make the work of Haskell.org committee more
> > transparent, we would like to adopt a proposal process similar to the
> > [GHC Steering Committee].
> >
> > The proposed process is fairly light:
> >
> > 1.  New proposals are created as pull requests with a single file,
> >     following a `proposals/XYZW-some-title.extention` naming scheme.
> >     A template is available in `proposals/0000-template.md`.
> >
> > 2.  Proposals must have an author set who is responsible for driving
> >     the discussion.  If the author is not a member of the Haskell.org
> >     committee, we may additionally appoint a shepherd from the
> >     committee to help with this.  It is the responsibility of the
> >     author and the shepherd to notify any communities that may be
> >     interested in the proposal, so we can gather community feedback.
> >
> > 3.  The proposal must have a link to the PR discussion, so readers can
> >     easily find the full discussion once the PR is merged.
> >
> > 4.  We strive to make unanimous decisions, but we can use a majority
> >     vote (the committee has an odd number of members) to move forward.
> >
> > 5.  What happens next depends on whether or not the proposal is
> >     accepted:
> >
> >      -  If the proposal is accepted, `date-accepted` is set and the
> >         proposal is merged into the repository.  A summary with a link
> >         to the full PR discussion is sent out to
> >         `community at haskell.org`.
> >
> >      -  If the proposal is not accepted, the proposal is also merged
> >         for posterity, but a section is ammended to explain why it was
> >         rejected.
> >
> > # Proposal 0002: Guidelines for Respectful Communication
> >
> > The Haskell.org committee adopts the [Guidelines for Respectful
> > Communication][grc].
> >
> > This applies only to members of the board, in in all our public
> > interactions in the Haskell sphere, including email, social media,
> > discussion forums, and so on.
> >
> > We may later adopt a stricter Code of Conduct, or set a Code of
> > Conduct for platforms we manage (e.g. Discourse, mailing lists), but
> > that is out of scope for this proposal.
> >
> > [grc]: https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/GRC.rst
> > [GHC Steering Committee]: https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals
> >
> > Warm regards
> > Jasper
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