On Apr 30, 2017 8:52 AM, "Tom Murphy" <amindfv@gmail.com> wrote:

We're 20-something emails into an email chain. All of us discussing will have developed more nuanced views, but for example a new person coming to the community will have no idea about what was discussed here.

A CoC, on the other hand, is a big neon sign at the front door of the community, summarizing the basic bullet points of what we can agree we want our community to be.

...okay, that point has tipped me to +1 on at least putting together a set of guidelines. Quote Simon, invoke Wheaton's Law, etc.

I'm still -1 on any sort of "code" designed to enable enforcement, but a sign on the door saying "here's what we've learned" sounds like a pretty good idea.