Hi everyone,
Going through the CoC again, I notice that it has a few gaps we should
probably address.
While the current wording explicitly prohibits racist language, there are a
lot of other *-isms which are unfortunately quite present in various spaces on
the XMPP network and which sometimes roll into XSF rooms.
I do not think that we want to be perceived as, for instance, an anti-LGBTQIA+
community, so we should extend the CoC to:
a) send the clear message to the world that we won't tolerate behaviour that,
and
b) give our moderators (that includes me in some places) the necessary holding
to enforce when necessary
Concretely, I propose that we add to 2.4 Be respectful, the following items on
the list of things to avoid:
> - Use of racist, misogynistic, anti-trans, anti-gay, ableist slurs, or other
> derogatory pejoratives for oppressed identity groups against such groups.
>
> - Blatantly racist, casteist, ableist, sexist, anti-trans, or otherwise
> offensive and bigoted discourse.
In addition, before the list of things to avoid, I would like to add:
> Respect others requests for space. That includes to disengage from a
> discourse if your partner(s) indicate that they do not want to discuss a
> topic any further. It is not easy to let someone be "wrong" on the internet,
> but boundaries are there to be respected.
To section 2.5 ("Be friendly and supportive"), I would like to add after the
first paragraph:
> This includes being mindful of the abilities of others; nobody is born an
> expert in anything and we all had to learn at some point. Be supportive of
> newcomers and learners. Do not be patronizing or condescending.
I may propose a PR against XEP-0458, but before doing so I wanted to offer
this for discussion on this list.
kind regards,
Jonas
Good news everybody!
It will come as no shock that we will have a Summit in Brussels, just
before FOSDEM. As is tradition, this includes the XSF dinner, which is
hosted by the XSF for its members, friends, and sponsors to thank them
for their hard work and support for the foundation and its mission. To
quote Ralph: "it's great fun."
The dinner will take place on Thursday 30 January, at restaurant
L'Auberge Bretonne (Brussselsesteenweg 670 – 3090 OVERIJSE). This is, of
course, also tradition. We would love it if you could make it. Please
let us know by filling in the form at https://forms.gle/S9i3wD6dmePHnovK6.
Timely as we are with organising this, you'll get plenty of time, just
as long as you'll fill in the form by Wednesday 18:00 UTC. That's a full
24 hours, who needs that much time to pick things anyway?
If you're not a member or sponsor, feel free to join us, but we'll ask
you to cover the costs of food, drink and transport yourself.
Hope to see you in Brussels,
Edwin
Hi everyone,
I've been wondering for some time if it wouldn't make sense to establish a
sister non-profit foundation in the European Union, given that many projects
and active people in our community are based there, and our annual summit is
held in Brussels. It seems more practical and could simplify potential legal
conflicts.
Additionally, current geopolitical circumstances make this seem even more
sensible.
We should also consider having a backup option in case things become untenable
in the US.
What are your thoughts?
Best,
Goffi
Dear all,
I just want to inform you that I am back from my long absence and vaccations in the nice sphere of South America.
I will try to scrape through the correspondence asap. I have seen that I have the honor to be Board member again and wanted to say thanks for this, too.
If there is anything of urgency, please let me know. I hope you all are good, too.
A happy new year,
Eddie
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Thanks,
Alex
Entirely true story: This year, I fumble-fingered my votes on Board, and
realised I was just as happy with the outcome as if I had not. Great
candidates, and if the final board doesn't include me, I'll be happy that
the Board is made up of some really good people who'll do a lot for the
XSF. I mean, vote for me, of course, but actually if you vote for other
people we'll have a great Board anyway, so really just vote if you haven't
already.
Council also has great candidates, and I'm particularly happy that not only
have most of the existing (very good) Council continued, but the "new" slot
will be filled by Jerôme, who should have run for Council years ago. But
it's a massive disappointment to see that we, as members, don't have a
choice - this has been the case for a couple of years. It's nice that the
choice we don't have is a great choice, of course. But it'd be better if we
had multiple great choices.
So, two questions:
- If you're a "technical" XSF member - written XEPs, write code, review
stuff, active in the technical discussions - what stops you from running
for Council?
- How can we encourage and enable people to run for Council?
My answer to the first is actually simple enough - I've been out of the
loop for a couple of years, and now I'm laser-focused on the server-side
(and Metre barely counts as a server). Plus, been there and done that. And
finally, I worried about the commitment level - Council needs timely,
detailed, responses to things.
My answer to the second mostly depends on everyone else's answers to the
first, though...
Anyway, it'd be good if in a year's time, there's 7 or 8 people
volunteering for Council, like Board (bewilderingly) is now.
Dave.
I've started proxy voting via xmpp:memberbot@xmpp.org on the membership
applications listed here:
https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Membership_Applications_Q4_2024
We will hold a meeting on December 11th to formally approve the voting
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Thanks,
Alex
Hello,
you can find the meeting minutes of our annual member meeting here:
https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Meeting-Minutes-2024-11-21
the following individuals were elected to the XSF Board for the
2024/2025 term:
* Edward Maurer
* Ralph Meijer
* Florian Schmaus
* Dave Cridland
* Arne-Bruen Vogelsang
the 2024/2025 XSF Council consists of the following individuals:
* Jérôme_Poisson
* Marvin Wissfeld
* Daniel Gultsch
* Stephen Paul Weber
* Dan Caseley
Lets welcome all our new and returning Board & Council members. And
thanks to all volunteers applying for any of those positions.
I will try to get the mailing lists updated ASAP. The new board and
council can start to schedule their first meeting and do the transition.
Thanks,
Alex
Hi everyone,
firstly, I would like to thank everyone for voting! I am happy to be
able to give the XSF more support and I already have the first
suggestion and question.
As I was at a conference at the German Federal Office for Data
Protection in the department for messenger services at the beginning of
the month and also "promoted" XMPP there, it was suggested to me that I
could send the department an e-mail about XMPP. I would like to do that.
The question is, does it make sense for you or has someone already
written them? (Or maybe we shouldn't write them? :D) The idea is to
explain the advantages of XMPP compared to other messaging protocols.
Also the potential of interoperability and maybe more things that come
to mind.
Have a good time
Arne
