I read this with the knowledge that “we don’t do smartass trolley problem calculations when it comes to shit like this, it never helps” is something reasonably well ingrained in the community, but this might be a good moment to make this clear to people who may perhaps be newer
That this is reasonably well-ingrained in the community is less clear to me, especially post FTX. If the Community Health Team does see their goal as simply “support the community by supporting community members,” why not just plainly state that?
I’d actually love the Community Health Team to clarify:
Holding fixed the facts of a case, would the Community Health Team endorse a policy of considering the value of the accused/their work to EA when deciding how forcefully to respond? For example, if someone did something bad at an EAG, would “how valuable is this person’s work to the community?” be considered when deciding whether to ban them from future EAGs?
If the Community Health Team does endorse (1), how much weight does the “value to the community” criterion get relative to other criteria in determining a response?
If the Community Health Team does not endorse (1), are there any policies or procedures on the books to prevent (1) from happening?
This is especially important to get some clarity on since most people’s priors about how a community or community health team makes these decisions is based on their experiences from other communities they may be a part of like their universities, workplaces, social groups. If the Community Health team’s values or weights in this area are different to those of non-EA communities, it is absolutely essential for people to know this. I would go far enough to say that depending on the difference in values and the difference in approaches to sexual harassment (etc) policy, not offering clarity here can be considered as being deceptive because it prevents people from making their own decisions based on how they value their personal safety and well-being.
I read this with the knowledge that “we don’t do smartass trolley problem calculations when it comes to shit like this, it never helps” is something reasonably well ingrained in the community, but this might be a good moment to make this clear to people who may perhaps be newer
That this is reasonably well-ingrained in the community is less clear to me, especially post FTX. If the Community Health Team does see their goal as simply “support the community by supporting community members,” why not just plainly state that?
I’d actually love the Community Health Team to clarify:
Holding fixed the facts of a case, would the Community Health Team endorse a policy of considering the value of the accused/their work to EA when deciding how forcefully to respond? For example, if someone did something bad at an EAG, would “how valuable is this person’s work to the community?” be considered when deciding whether to ban them from future EAGs?
If the Community Health Team does endorse (1), how much weight does the “value to the community” criterion get relative to other criteria in determining a response?
If the Community Health Team does not endorse (1), are there any policies or procedures on the books to prevent (1) from happening?
This is especially important to get some clarity on since most people’s priors about how a community or community health team makes these decisions is based on their experiences from other communities they may be a part of like their universities, workplaces, social groups. If the Community Health team’s values or weights in this area are different to those of non-EA communities, it is absolutely essential for people to know this.
I would go far enough to say that depending on the difference in values and the difference in approaches to sexual harassment (etc) policy, not offering clarity here can be considered as being deceptive because it prevents people from making their own decisions based on how they value their personal safety and well-being.