[ripe-list] Update on the RIPE Code of Conduct TF

Dear RIPE Community,

We last gave an update on our progress in October:
- https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2020-October/001978.html

As a reminder: the Code of Conduct TF was established after a call for
volunteers in September and we have been meeting every two weeks. We
are chartered to produce three documents:

1. A Code of Conduct (CoC) for all RIPE activities
2. A process for selecting a CoC Team
3. Reporting and operational procedures for the CoC Team

In our October update, we said that we intended to publish an updated
draft CoC in November (with the remaining two documents to come
later).

While we are almost ready to publish our draft, we needed time to
review the recent GM vote to apply the RIPE CoC to Executive Board
elections. We wanted to consider whether this would place additional
burdens on the yet-to-be-formed CoC Team.

We have now established that while the RIPE NCC Executive Board might
decide to use the RIPE CoC for its elections, this would be a separate
implementation from the community's.

We now expect that we will be ready to publish an updated draft RIPE
Code of Conduct on this list in January. Based on the community's
feedback, the TF will then evaluate whether further updates are
needed, or if we can ask the RIPE Chair Team to determine whether
there is consensus on the document.

We thank you for your patience and wish you all a happy end to 2020
and a successful 2021.

Best wishes,

Leo Vegoda
For the RIPE Code of Conduct TF