[petsc-dev] NumFocus questions on Code of Conduct

[Barry Smith]

Location for discussion and voting https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://gitlab.com/petsc/petsc/-/issues/1768__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!fk3eqIyBIzqqE1RZ1Utr_BISrbl4xS6N2d86e7TS0E9C3bnekYSovLjCZUyLEYjVx2aT7XtpRKhgqbV5eSOoKQ$ 

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> On May 28, 2025, at 3:19 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at petsc.dev> wrote:
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>   I had the NumFocus meeting today and have two questions for discussion and eventual answer
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> 1) Regarding the previous Code of Conduct question. I now understand the code of conduct questions we should answer
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>        1) Will PETSc keep its own C of C or replace it with the NumFocus C of C?  https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://numfocus.org/code-of-conduct__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!fk3eqIyBIzqqE1RZ1Utr_BISrbl4xS6N2d86e7TS0E9C3bnekYSovLjCZUyLEYjVx2aT7XtpRKhgqbVZuPTXpw$  NumFocus
>             has an outside group to investigate violations.
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>         2) If PETSc adopts the NumFocus C of C do we decide
>             a) the outside group makes "recommendations" to the PETSc governance board if problems come up
>             b) the outside group also imposes changes if a violation has occurred (XXX is banned from GitLab issues due to violations)?
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>             It is hard to see much practical difference between a and b, since no one can forcibly impose changes IMHO. 
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>     We should ideally have a PETSc governance board decision by September.
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>  2) We need another "official" (one or more) PETSc contact for NumFocus. In case I die or am cancer ridden etc. Ideally, they would go to
>       the annual meeting and meet with NumFocus a couple of times of year etc, like I do. It is a low-maintenance role unless you want it to be more.
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>       I nominate Jed (as one of them) since he was the instigator of PETSc joining NumFocus and understands it better than the rest of us.
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>       Volunteers?
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> Barry
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