Dear 44Net community,
I think it’s safe to say that the past few months on this mailing list
have been, well, a lot. ARDC launched a new portal, which, we learned
post-launch, definitely had some major issues. Much of the frustration
around this rollout is more than reasonable.
Unfortunately, communications from a very vocal minority crossed a
threshold from expressing warranted and reasonable frustration and
shifted to hostility, flaming, and trolling. Harassment of some of our
employees occurred off-list.
It was at this point that ARDC’s Code of Conduct committee was brought
into the discussion. The Committee’s purpose is to confirm whether, in
fact, a dispute is simply a disagreement, or whether it is harassment,
trolling, or similar. Necessarily, the Committee must not include people
directly impacted by the dispute, so that they can, to the best of their
ability, respond impartially. At an even higher level, their job is to
uphold ARDC’s values – notably of respect, accountability, and fairness.
https://www.ardc.net/about/values/
In the case of this dispute – as a previous mail forwarded to these
lists described – the committee’s decision was to temporarily suspend
the accounts of one or more mailing list members.
Some mailing list members may not like this decision. Other mailing list
members have applauded it. Some mailing list members are so frustrated
by the entire situation that they are unsubscribing and/or relinquishing
their posts (which, to me, is disheartening but understandable).
In our decisions, we are not going to make everyone happy. It is the
nature of making decisions in an environment with a variety of opinions.
To maintain room for diversity of thought, our commitment must be, first
and foremost, to keeping healthy, supportive spaces for dialogue,
discussion, and learning. This means, at times, (ideally temporary)
removal of people whose behaviors significantly detract from those goals.
In the breathing room that has been created from the temporary
suspension, I hope that we may all get back to solving technical and
policy problems, and to engaging in open and respectful dialogue.
Thank you for your attention.
73,
Rosy
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Rosy Schechter - KJ7RYV
Executive Director
Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC)
ardc.net
When I am in the Update Gateway page and trying to link gateway, I get http 500 error after click on “add new network”.
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Could anyone take a look at the portal?
Thanks
Kun
