An apology to our community, and next steps
> We made a decision to act quickly, which I personally approved, but in doing so skipped several critical parts of the process.<p>Okay, got it.  Acting in haste can lead you to make critical errors of judgment.  Smart to slow down so you don't make the same mistake again.<p>> On Monday, October 7, we’ll be sharing a second draft of an update to our Code of Conduct with all moderators for feedback.<p>Good call.  Get feedback on the revised plan from the moderators to whom it will apply.  Smart move.<p>> On Thursday, October 10, the update to the Code of Conduct will be announced publicly.<p>Wait, what?<p>You just said that you need to slow things down because you acted too quickly the last time and ended up screwing things up and causing a lot of pain, which is the reason you're apologizing in the first place.<p>And now the timeline between "solicit feedback" and "release document publicly" is three days?<p>How in the world are you going to be able to thoughtfully incorporate any feedback other than typo corrections and still meet this deadline?<p>There is no reason to solicit feedback unless you actually plan to listen to it and to be prepared for that feedback to say that the draft still needs work.  But this timeline does not allow enough time for that to happen.