[Members] Re: Wrongful XSF MUC Ban

Dear community, regarding the recent code of conduct incident, I'd like to provide the following feedback from the moderation team: 1. The specific incident was escalated to Board for a review. We (the mod-team) and I specifically will provide full transparency to Board. Until Board makes their decision, the moderation team will refrain from any further communications in this case (beyond providing assistance/evidence/transparency to Board). 2. The communication to the affected member before and after the administrative action was not sufficiently clear. The moderation team now has established internal rules to ensure that warnings are clearly marked as mod-team actions and not as individual opinions. In addition, we'll explicitly and immediately inform the affected users in 1:1 in case they are using an XMPP client that does not display who banned them or why. 3. Regarding the suggestion to mute offenders, this is not easily possible in XEP-0045 MUCs. We are currently evaluating technical solutions to work around the protocol limitation. I'm very sorry for the confusion and frustration caused by the unclear initial communication. Georg on behalf of the mod-team