IndieWebCamp

Code of Conduct

Based on previous excellent work by others, this is a draft code of conduct for IndieWebCamp events.

Respect

IndieWebCamp is an intentionally positive community that recognizes and celebrates independents (and independence) and the diversity of people, cultures, and opinions that they bring to IndieWebCamp.

IndieWebCamp events are an inclusive environment, based on treating all individuals respectfully, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or software preferences.

We value respectful behavior above individual opinions.

Respectful behavior includes:

• Be considerate, kind, constructive, and helpful.
• Avoid demeaning, discriminatory, harassing, hateful, or physically threatening behavior, speech, and imagery.

Resolve Peacefully

We believe peer to peer discussions, feedback, corrections can help build a stronger, safer, and more welcoming community.

If you see someone behaving disrespectfully, you are encouraged to respectfully discourage them from such behavior. Expect that others in the community wish to help keep the community respectful and welcome your input in doing so.

If you experience disrespectful behavior and feel in any way unable to respond or resolve it respectfully (for any reason), please immediately bring it to the attention of an organizer. We want to hear from you about anything that you feel is disrespectful, threatening, or just icky in any way. We will listen and work to resolve the matter.

Apologize for Mistakes

Should you catch yourself behaving disrespectfully, or be confronted as such, own up to your words and actions, and apologize accordingly. No one is perfect, and even well-intentioned people make mistakes. What matters is how you handle them, and avoiding repeating them in the future.

Consequences

If the organizers determine that an event participant is behaving disrespectfully, the organizers may take any action them deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion from the event without warning or refund.

As organizers, we will seek to resolve conflicts peacefully and in a manner that is positive for the community. We can't foresee every situation however, and thus if in the organizers' judgment the best thing to do is to ask a disrespectful individual to leave, we will do so. We've never had to do so, please don't be the first.

License

Like everything else posted on IndieWebCamp.com, this Code of Conduct is released to the public domain according to CC0 (see IndieWebCamp:Copyrights for details).

Thanks

Thank you to every IndieWebCamp community member for helping making IndieWebCamp the respectful and inclusive community that it is.

Signed

Organizers:

• Tantek 18:28, 14 February 2013 (PST)
• Aaronparecki.com 16:55, 16 February 2013 (PST)
• ... (fellow organizers, please sign with ~~~~)

And anyone else that wishes to help uphold this code of conduct and the principles therein:

• Waterpigs.co.uk 23:18, 14 February 2013 (PST)
• Ben Atkin 20:52, 16 February 2013 (PST)
• ... (sign with ~~~~)

Feedback

• code-of-conduct-feedback

See Also

• code-of-conduct-why