Hello everybody, Not having sent a "bits" type mail for a little while now, we thought it is about time for one, so here we are, fresh in your inbox. We would like to give you a short summary of recent changes within the team and also reiterate some (we think) important points, that got mentioned all over, during the time since we last wrote such a mail. Topics in this mail: 1. New team members 2. Team structure change 3. Thresholds for DAM action 4. More around DAM 1. New team members ------------------- In February 2022, the team expanded[DELEG] with the addition of Stuart Prescott <stuart> and Nicolas Dandrimont <olasd>, bringing us up to 5 members. This was preceded by the new members being trainees[TRAINEE] for some time, to get to know what DAM involves. 2. Team structure change ------------------------ With the inclusion of new active members in the team, DAM is now able to adjust the internal team organization a bit and introduce a new role - the DAM advisor. That is a role for DAM members who are no longer involved in the daily tasks of DAM, but stay available for input, (historical) knowledge and - well, to advise when needed. DAM advisors keep their access to the DAM GPG key. Enrico Zini is stepping back from work as an active Debian Account Manager and remaining as DAM advisor. We wish to offer our immense appreciation to Enrico for his contributions over many years and that we are very pleased to be able to continue to work with him in this new role. There are plans to adjust the DAM delegation, which then will include a more formal definition of this role and possibly more as details will be sketched out, we will be working on that together with the DPL. 3. Thresholds for DAM action ---------------------------- In various recent discussions we have noticed people mention that they "cannot say this, or DAM may expel them". This is not backed by facts (we've only had to go through with 8 expulsions since 2006) and it originates from wrong assumptions. DAM action is the last step in a long process, with others involved first. DAM are neither thought police nor are we policing the project. In short: if you respect the ideas of the CoC and interact constructively, not destructively, if you interact politely and respectfully with your peers, you will never "run the risk". Even if you end up having a bad day, and we recognize those do happen to any of us, that's not something that leads to expulsion from Debian - but it is important to deal with those bad days correctly afterwards. We would like _all_ the members of our community to be active in upholding our conduct standards - the Community Team have an important role to play but it's not just their responsibility. If you notice that someone is having a bad day, or acting in a way that does not live up to our community standards, please try to provide constructive feedback. And if you receive such feedback - please take some time to think about it, understand where it is coming from, and act on it. Community-related DAM action only ever happens at a point where attempts at constructive feedback by the community have failed. 4. More around DAM ------------------ Between our last "Bits from" mail and now we issued quite a few statements, policies and informational content. A good list of the relevant mails can be found at [DAMwiki] - thanks to everyone who keeps this page current! Remember, if you want to contact us confidentially, you can do so with a mail encrypted to our GPG key: rsa4096/57731224A9762EA155AB2A530CA8D15BB24D96F2 2016-06-15 -- For DAM: Enrico Joerg Jonathan Nicolas Stuart URLs ------[DELEG] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2022/02/msg00003.html [TRAINEE] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2021/03/msg00000.html
[DAMwiki] https://wiki.debian.org/DAManager
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