Another role call for @stewards to comment/share their thoughts on this proposal.
What happens if one of the Facilitators is the accused one?
This is why two facilitators will receive the reports, so one person canāt hide something.

Sorry man, really not sure I follow here
can you try to rephrase?
I edited the original post [DRAFT] D_D Code of Conduct and moderation process - #8 by Piablo and tagged you in those two small edits to simply point you to where and what I meant by part 1 and part 2
I hope I donāt muddy the waters even further, but Iāll use an analogy.
You get caught robbing a TV from someoneās house and in your statement to the cops you say the front door was open and there was a sign saying āplease take the tv insideā
but you get to court and the judge finds out that you smashed the back door open, and you werenāt were with a couple of friends, who got away.
So you have two charges;
part 1 (first charge): stealing the TV
part 2: (second charge) lying about the circumstances
This why we need deliberative democracy!!..the days before the pen and the keyboard!
Thanks. Would be awesome to have user flows of this process to make it more accesible.
100% - now teams are settling down, Iād like to document everything in the original figma planning board as a source of truth and reference. We can then export these flows etc. to various places where this information is shared/made discoverable i.e. D_D Operating System
For now Iāve added these two points to the proposal, then support @Erik_Knobl point we can iterate from there

- The claiming of anotherās ideas as your own, to promote yourself.
- Abuse of this process (false or malicious claims as determined by Moderators)
I believe it is healthy we get this proposal elevated for a snapshot vote asap. Please could we have some comments from remaining stewards @Colin4ward @mannyornothing @joshcstein @isiah @kayprasla @luan @Narb @Stefanie @willblackburn
appreciate the effort gone into this, including from those attributed communities weāre borrowing ideas from. this feels like a strong starting point that can be iterated on as it gets utilized.
one thing i didnāt see is any way to report something anonymously. is that intentional? the linked report form, for example, requires fields that identify the person doing the reporting.
Looks quite thorough to me, well done gang! I think it covers most of the major areas of concern (at least to me it does) and as others have mentioned we can always iterate as edge cases come up

one thing i didnāt see is any way to report something anonymously. is that intentional? the linked report form, for example, requires fields that identify the person doing the reporting.
That was not intentional. I will add this as I think itās important.
Before elevating this, an idea just crossed my mind I think is worth considering @stewards
Given the Stewards are playing the moderator role, I wonder if it would be better for the CoC reporting form to go to the Elected Community Managers.
For:
- Wholy separate parties receiving these reports, arguably more credible neutral
- Larger pool of Moderators to draw from (given there wouldnāt be 2 of the Stewards playing the Facilitator role)
Against:
- More work for community managers
Be good to get the thoughts on the thoughts of those who have nominated themselves for CM as well @Billyjitsu @with-heart @Erik_Knobl @meowy @0x8e3c1a6d6516a2CD41
I like it. Two separated entities would help a lot with neutrality. Good shout.
I am okay with this.
ping to prospective CMs (@meowy @with-heart @Billyjitsu @0x8e3c1a6d6516a2CD41) to get their thoughts on this⦠donāt want to add a shock to the role without getting your input.
Given the Stewards are playing the moderator role, I wonder if it would be better for the CoC reporting form to go to the Elected Community Managers.
For:
- Wholy separate parties receiving these reports, arguably more credible neutral
- Larger pool of Moderators to draw from (given there wouldnāt be 2 of the Stewards playing the > Facilitator role)
Against:
- More work for community managers
How about asking community managerās on case to case basis if theyāre willing to help rather than assigning it to all cms.
It could be an option!
A few things I think are important for us to consider here:
- It needs to be more than one person (in case a Member wants to report something about that person)
- It needs to be a stable position in the DAO that can be trusted by Member to handle these reports
- Ideally, it should be as neutral as possible
Maybe the CMs between them choose two people to do this? Or we leave it with the Stewards but worry that is s small pool of folks already and this centralises more control on that group, and handling reports of CoC violations feels like something well suited to community work
Is there a system in place that will reward users that pick up the report so people donāt just ignore the report hoping somebody else doesnāt pick it up and then gets forgetten?
Great question. The idea is we assign the Facilitator responsibility to a small group as part of their role. They are then expected to handle the reports and organise the moderators. Other than trusting whoever we deem the right folks to play that role, there is no mechanism for holding them accountable.
Practically, we have a form on a dedicated Gmail account which would forward responses to the people playing this role when a report is submitted. Not wedded to that personally, just felt like a good solution. More detail in the post on what would be required of the Faciliators, copied in below:

Moderation Procedures
Upon receiving a violation report to our CoC, a Facilitator will use the random selection process defined below to select 3 Moderators from the pool. Each Moderator will be added to a private discussion with the other chosen Moderators and the Facilitators, where full information about the reports and those involved will be shared.
The Moderators will then invite the accused party to a private discussion on Google Meet via emails, with videos turned off, where the report and any associated evidence will be shared, and a response headed. This meeting should last up to 30 mins.
After the meeting, the Moderators will report their decision to the Facilitators in writing in private, who will then communicate the decision to the accused party in writing.
Decisions can be appealed through the same Facilitator, giving members a second chance to explain a situation to the second set of approved Moderators who were not involved in the initial decision. There is only one appeal allowed per case.
Members asked to stop unacceptable behaviour (as defined above in Section āReporting an Issueā) are expected to comply immediately."
Suppose a member continues to engage in harassing behaviour. In that case, the Facilitators may take any action they deem appropriate, including expulsion from the server in pursuit of safety.
Moderation random selection
To ensure Moderators are selected randomly, the Facilitators will assign each moderator a number and then use this random number generator to choose the required number of Moderators.
Suppose a Moderator is unavailable or highlights a conflict they have. In that case, the process is repeated to find however many more Moderators are needed, with those already chosen/conflicted removed from the list.
If a decision is appealed and new Moderators are needed, the process is repeated without the existing Moderators included.
yeah, it seems like the best solution for now. I think it makes sense as the CMs will be within the community so Iām for it until we find a flaw.