[RFC 0102] Moderation Team (#102)

Co-authored-by: David Arnold <dgx.arnold@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: 7c6f434c <7c6f434c@mail.ru>
Co-authored-by: Ryan Mulligan <ryan@ryantm.com>

rfcs/0102-moderation-team.md

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+feature: moderation team
+start-date: 2021-08-18
+author: tomberek
+co-authors: blaggacao
+shepherd-team: @ryantm, @7c6f434c, @IreneKnapp
+shepherd-leader: @zimbatm
+related-issues: https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/pull/98
+---
+
+# Summary
+[summary]: #summary
+
+Establish a team to perform moderation.
+
+# Motivation
+[motivation]: #motivation
+
+There is not currently any official mechanism for moderation action. It's not
+sustainable to have to call on Graham any time there's a spammer or conflict
+that requires moderation, and we'd like to help the community become more
+self-regulating.
+
+The intention behind this RFC is to codify the current moderation practices.
+
+# Detailed design
+[design]: #detailed-design
+
+The Moderation Team is a volunteer group that may receive, invite, and evaluate
+applications to the team or alter the composition at any time. The team's
+composition, contact information, procedures, moderation log, and announcements
+should be available via
+[https://nixos.org/community/teams/moderation.html](https://nixos.org/community/teams/moderation.html).
+The distribution of work within the team may be treated as an internal matter.
+The team shall perform moderation activities on behalf of the community - with
+oversight via the RFC process and input from the NixOS Foundation - for
+discussions in [official project
+spaces](https://nixos.org/community/index.html) as well as unofficial spaces
+that seek and reach such an agreement with the team. The team should utilize
+the [NixOS Foundation mission](https://nixos.org/community/index.html) and the
+following statement during their duties:
+
+```
+The NixOS Foundation aims to promote participation without regard to gender,
+sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, age, or similar personal
+characteristics. We want to strive to create and foster community by providing
+an intentionally welcoming and safe environment where all feel valued and cared
+for, and where all are given opportunity to participate meaningfully. The
+Foundation will work with the community in service of this goal.
+```
+
+ref: [twitter](https://twitter.com/grhmc/status/1390775249424338944)
+
+# Examples and Interactions
+[examples-and-interactions]: #examples-and-interactions
+
+- The initial Moderation Team - drawn from the existing Discourse and GitHub
+  teams - is defined to be @grahamc, @zimbatm, @domenkozar, @Mic92, @garbas,
+  and @ryantm.
+- Rename the Discourse Team to Moderation Team on
+  https://nixos.org/community/teams/discourse.html and utilize
+  https://nixos.org/community/teams/moderation.html.
+- Establish and publish a clear point of contact for abuse reporting and a
+  venue for discussion about moderation specific topics such as a dedicated
+  Matrix channel or Discourse topic.
+
+# Drawbacks
+[drawbacks]: #drawbacks
+
+* The moderation team has limited guidance from this RFC on the processes and
+  procedures of the team.
+* This RFC is designed to address a narrow part of a current issue facing the
+  community. Additional RFCs may be needed to address additional concerns.
+* As this is a controversial topic there is a potential this RFC does not have
+  enough detail to be acceptable by the overall community.
+
+# Alternatives
+[alternatives]: #alternatives
+* Define a constituency of project participants and some (more bottom-up/grassroots) procedure with a foundation in popular support for specific moderators.
+
+* An existing [RFC 98][].
+* Do nothing.
+
+# Unresolved questions
+[unresolved]: #unresolved-questions
+
+* Does the team require additional guidance?
+* Does the NixOS Foundation board want to be involved in this manner?
+
+# Future work
+[future]: #future-work
+
+* A potential RFC providing additional guidance and detail for the moderation
+  team's activities and functions.
+* The role of the moderation team could evolve through an effort similar to
+  [RFC 98][] into taking a broader community leadership responsibility as a
+  'Leadership Team' or 'Community Team'.
+* Work on clarifying community norm guidelines. This can include adopting
+  typical governance tools, such as Contributor
+  Covenant, Statements of Values, and
+  others in order to provide better guiding principles to our community.
+ 
+[RFC 98]: https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/pull/98