Solidify a "Mission Statement" for the community

[n1c]

Moving PR #32 here:

As the community grows, it's becoming more difficult to find a consensus on what the ultimate goals are for the space.

For example, is it more important to favour overall growth in terms of number of members, or be more focused on the types of discussions that are welcome? Is it more important to be high signal, with less noisy/fun/off-topic/contentious channels?

Currently there exists a good code of conduct which covers general behaviour and conduct, but it doesn't set any guidance for the group itself. The website zatech.co.za states the following as a loose mission:

ZATech Slack is a community for those working in and around the South African tech community to gather, share and learn from each other.
The group is intended to be high signal, low noise. Think of it as an overlapping series of professional groups rather than IRC in the 90s.
Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.

Though depending on who you ask this either isn't adhered to, or isn't prescriptive enough.

I'm creating an issue rather than trying to have a discussion about it on the Slack itself, as I feel it's a hard thing to solve quickly and will have to be thought about and iterated on a bit.

Possible impact/discussion points:

• What is the overarching stance on how inclusivity is approached? e.g. "prioritizes marginalized people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort." as mentioned in LGBTQ in Tech COC v.s. "everyone is allowed so everyone is included".
• Should channels like #politics exist? If not, does that mean other "off-topic" channels are bad such as #mental-health? How do we navigate the double standard?
• How do we decide what custom emojis are good or bad?