Let’s focus hard on coming up with tangible process improvements that we might propose to the governance folks. Everything else can be other threads.
Getting rid of the CoC outright is a nonstarter so let’s not talk about that as a viable path forward. Even SQLite has a Code of Ethics which is just an excerpt from the Rule of Saint Benedict. It includes wholesome things like “Do not nurse a grudge”, “Utter only truth from heart and mouth” and “Hate no one”.
What I would consider on-topic would not just include process changes but also good rules for members that might be found in other communities. For example, HN is basically the best place for charitable discussion because of their guidelines, particularly this one:
Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that’s easier to criticize. Assume good faith.
I would be in favor of adding that explicitly to our CoC.