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Learning new skills can be scary and our participants come from diverse backgrounds and experience levels. DResSUP seeks to provide a welcoming, professionally engaging, fun, and safe experience and ongoing community for everyone. All DResSUP participants are expected to abide by the Social Rules and Code of Conduct outlined below.
We follow the Recurse Center Social Rules (a.k.a."Hacker School Rules") https://www.recurse.com/manual#sub-sec-social-rules
Which boils down to:
- No feigning surprise
- No well-actually's
- No back-seat driving
- No subtle -isms
DResSUP does not tolerate harassment in any form. Discriminatory language and imagery (including sexual) is not appropriate for any event venue, including talks, or any community channel such as Slack or the mailing list.
Harassment is understood as any behavior that threatens or demeans another person or group, or produces an unsafe environment. It includes offensive verbal comments or non-verbal expressions related to gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religious or political beliefs; sexual or discriminatory images in public spaces (including online); deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording; sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.
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Initial Incident
If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, and you feel comfortable speaking with the offender, please inform the offender that he/she/ze has affected you negatively. Oftentimes, the offending behavior is unintentional, and the accidental offender and offended will resolve the incident by having that initial discussion.
DResSUP recognizes that there are many reasons speaking directly to the offender may not be workable for you (including but not limited to unfamiliarity with the participants and concerns for personal safety). If you don't feel comfortable speaking directly with the offender for any reason, skip straight to step 2.
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Escalation
If the offender insists that he/she/ze did not offend, if offender is actively harassing you, or if direct engagement is not a good option for you at this time, then you will need a third party to step in. You can bring the issue to any of the DResSUP organizers by notifying them via email or in person.
Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. If a participant engages in harassing behavior, organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender, or expulsion from DResSUP.
We expect participants to follow these rules at all DResSUP-related events and online communication channels.
We value everyone's participation in the DResSUP community, and will all work to keep DResSUP a safe and friendly space for all participants!
Borrowed from the Code4Lib Code of Conduct. Based on the example policy from the Geek Feminism wiki, created by the Ada Initiative and other volunteers.