[sudo-discuss] Ban Update

I want to say that I’m sorry for the inappropriate email I sent out banning Trevor. I thoughtlessly sent out an email full of complaints from a third party which should have been kept private. This was a violation of both parties' privacy, and contains a lot of harmful and dehumanizing language that no one should have to experience. And worse, the unequal treatment of a POC constitutes a racist double standard. I want to apologize for the harm I’ve caused, and the damage and trauma I’ve caused by making POC in our community feel unwelcome and targeted. I sent out the message after receiving multiple complaints on multiple channels, giving it a sense of intensity and urgency and was concerned there was some immediate ongoing incident which now doesn’t seem to be true. We have caught a lot of flack for not having a way to respond to urgent issues, but I was not in a good mental state to be responding to incidents, and was irresponsible for me to share this information. It was illogical for me to respond at all, Safe Space Bans are only for people in the building who feel unsafe, and other longer term bans are handled in committee. Again I want to say that I’m sorry for the harm that I’ve caused and endangering our community. I hope I can regain the trust of those affected by my actions. - William