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This takes the existing content and reorganises it to separate out the Standards of Public Behaviour (which are not specific to the Foundation) from the rest of the content (which puts the Standards in their Foundation context).
The Standards are given an identifiable 'version' (using a bigendian date).
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<h2>Preamble</h2>
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<p>The Haskell Foundation has adopted these guidelines for respectful communication.</p>
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<p>We do not seek to impose these guidelines on members of the Haskell community generally. Rather it is a signal that we seek high standards of discourse in the Haskell community, and are willing to publicly hold ourselves to that standard, in the hope that others may voluntarily follow suit.</p>
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<p>The Haskell Foundation has adopted the Standards of Public Behaviour set
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out below. As representatives of the Foundation, we commit ourselves to
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those standards and we aspire to apply them in all our public interactions
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in the Haskell sphere, including email, social media and discussion forums.</p>
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<h2>Motivation</h2>
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<p>We are motivated to adopt a set of guidelines for respectful communication for several reasons</p>
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<p> The standards apply to our behaviour; that is, what we do. They
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specifically do not, and should not, seek to constrain anyone's beliefs;
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that is, what they think.</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Diversity and inclusion. We recognize that the Haskell community, echoing the technology industry more generally, skews white and male. We see it as our duty and honour to spread the joy of Haskell widely and to broaden the patterns of participation, in the hopes that, one day, we will no longer be askew.</li>
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<li>Making an explicit commitment will encourage us to review our messages to see if they meet the goals set out here, and will give others some specifics to point to if we fail.</li>
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<p>If one of us fails to meet these standards, the ideal course of action is
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to write to that person privately, gently drawing attention to their lapse.
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If you are not comfortable with that, please contact the Chair of the
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Foundation, or (if the Chair is the problem) the Vice-Chair.</p>
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<h2>Guidelines For Respectful Communication</h2>
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<p>As members of the Haskell Foundation, we commit ourselves to a high standard of public behaviour. We have one over-arching rule:</p>
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<p>Our response should usually be to apologise and stop doing what it was
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that you are unhappy about. Even if we feel we have been misinterpreted or
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unfairly accused, the chances are good there was something we could have
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communicated better, and an apology is far more likely to bring healing than
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is a counter-accusation.</p>
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<p><b>We strive to treat every person with respect.</b></p>
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<p>We do not seek to impose these standards on members of the Haskell
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community. Rather, adopting the standards is a signal that we seek high
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standards of discourse in the Haskell community, and are willing to publicly
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hold ourselves to that standard, in the hope that others may voluntarily
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follow suit.</p>
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<p>Specifically, we aspire to these behaviours:</p>
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<h2>Motivation</h2>
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<p>We are motivated to adopt these standards for several reasons,
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including:</p>
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<li>We welcome into the Haskell community people of all backgrounds, identities, and beliefs, provided only that they in turn behave in the respectful way articulated in these guidelines. </li>
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<li>We treat everyone with courtesy, aware that their diverse backgrounds, experiences, goals, and perspectives may be very different to ours.</li>
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<li>In our communication, we consistently honour and affirm the passion, professional expertise, and good intentions of others. When we doubt these qualities in someone else, we prefer to deal with those matters discreetly, instead of making public accusations.</li>
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<li>We strive to be scrupulously polite at all times. There should be no rudeness, name-calling, or harassment in our communication.</li>
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<li>We avoid forms of expression and other behaviours that attack, humiliate, demean, or marginalise - even where we disagree with that person.</li>
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<li>Disagreement itself is fine: we are enriched by robust technical debate. But we seek to make the tone of that debate to be a conversation among people who respect, or even admire, each other.</li>
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<li>Where we disagree, we try to be curious about the perspective, goals, motivation, and priorities of the other person.</li>
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<li>Diversity and inclusion. We recognize that the Haskell community,
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echoing the technology industry more generally, skews white and male. We
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see it as our duty and honour to spread the joy of Haskell widely and to
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broaden the patterns of participation, in the hopes that, one day, we will
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no longer be askew.</li>
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<p>We seek to apply these standards in all our public interactions in the Haskell sphere, including email, social media, discussion forums, and so on.</p>
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<p> All these guidelines apply to our behaviour; that is, what we do. They specifically do not, and should not, seek to constrain anyone's beliefs; that is, what they think.</p>
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<li>Making an explicit commitment will encourage us to review our messages
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to see if they meet the goals set out here, and will give others some
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specifics to point to if we fail.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>If one of us fails to meet these standards, the ideal course of action is to write to that person privately, gently drawing attention to their lapse. If you're not comfortable with that, please contact the chair of the Foundation, or (if the chair is the problem) the vice-chair or co-chair.</p>
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<h2>Acknowledgements</h2>
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<p>Our response should usually be to apologise and stop doing what it was that you are unhappy about. Even if we feel we have been misinterpreted or unfairly accused, the chances are good there was something we could have communicated better, and an apology is far more likely to bring healing than is a counter-accusation.</p>
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<p>We would like to thank the communities and projects that established code
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of conducts and diversity statements as our inspiration. They include:</p>
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<h2>Acknowledgements</h2>
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We'd like to thank the communities and projects that established code of conducts and diversity statements as our inspiration, including these:
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<li>A month before this document was first published, Michael Snoyman proposed a <ahref="https://www.snoyman.com/blog/2018/11/proposal-stack-coc" target="_blank">Stack code of conduct</a> with a motivation similar to ours.</li>
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<li>The <ahref="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/kind-communication.html" target="_blank">GNU Kind Communication Guidelines</a>, published in October 2018, also express the positive tone we seek; <ahref="https://lwn.net/Articles/769167/" target="_blank">Stallman’s post</a> explains the intent.</li>
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<li>The <ahref="https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/community/conduct" target="_blank">Snowdrift community code of conduct</a> also has a companion <ahref="https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/community/honor-users" target="_blank">Guidelines for healthy communication</a>.</li>
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<li>A month before this document was first published, Michael Snoyman
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proposed a
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<ahref="https://www.snoyman.com/blog/2018/11/proposal-stack-coc" target="_blank">Stack code of conduct</a>
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with a motivation similar to ours.</li>
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<li>The
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<ahref="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/kind-communication.html" target="_blank">GNU Kind Communication Guidelines</a>,
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published in October 2018, also express the positive tone we seek;
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