As one of the people that interacts with external members of the community more than most, I can tell you that a CoC is something the wider community wants. I have sat in feedback meetings with hundreds of people who are potential community members. These people have ranged in age, gender, sexual orientation and technical capability on all realms of the spectrum. The majority of them aren't interested if we do not have a written Code of Conduct.
May I ask what the context of these meetings was? Where where they held? For which country or part of the broader community where the participants representative?
Happy to discuss offlist. I don't want to distract from this thread.
I want to know as well. I've been asking for this kind of backgrounder information and nothing has been forthcoming.