On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 at 11:20, Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> wrote:
2. Significant moderation decisions may be reported to the Board or
Conduct Team as appropriate.

When I wrote the CoC, I assumed that a moderation team would be the same thing as a conduct team - or rather, the other way around, with the conduct team being visible and proactively moderating as needed. I also assumed Board would want to get a conduct team in place really quickly.

Should be Moderation team just be the Conduct team? If not, why not?

I could easily imagine someone being will to act in the relatively tight confines of ‘bad stuff happening in MUCs, let’s head it off’ while not wanting to be responsible for the big ticket items and appeals that the conduct team would be responsible for. I can also imagine that if most stuff is being handled by a moderation team that the need for a Conduct Team distinct from Board is reduced. So I quite like the split, although if there was an active conduct team serving both purposes, that seems fine too.

I'm not wed to any particular structure - whatever works - but I feel strongly this should be documented into the CoC once it's settled.

Dave.