All #WPLDN events are free, inclusive & open to everyone.
1. Purpose
#WPLDN believes our community should be truly open to everyone. We are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, religion, preferred operating system, programming language, or text editor.
This code of conduct outlines our expectations for participant behaviour and the consequences of unacceptable behaviour.
We invite all sponsors, volunteers, speakers, attendees, and other participants to help us realise a safe and positive event experience for everyone.
2. Open Source Citizenship
A supplemental goal of this code of conduct is to increase open-source citizenship by encouraging participants to recognise and strengthen the relationships between what we do and the community at large.
In service of this goal, #WPLDN organisers will take nominations for exemplary citizens throughout the event and will recognise select participants after the event on the website.
If you see someone making an extra effort to ensure our community is welcoming and friendly and encourages all participants to contribute to the fullest extent, we want to know. You can nominate someone at the Registration table or online at https://www.wpldn.uk/contact/
3. Expected Behaviour
- Be considerate, respectful, and collaborative.
- Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory or harassing behaviour and speech.
- Be mindful of your surroundings and your fellow participants. Alert event organisers if you notice a dangerous situation or someone in distress.
- Participate authentically and actively. In doing so, you help to create #WPLDN events and make them your own.
4. Unacceptable Behaviours
Unacceptable behaviour includes intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory or demeaning conduct by any attendees of #WPLDN and related events. All #WPLDN venues may be shared with members of the public; please be respectful to all patrons of these locations.
Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or disability; inappropriate use of nudity and/or sexual images in public spaces (including presentation slides); deliberate intimidation, stalking or following; harassing photography or recording; sustained disruption of talks or other events; inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.
5. Consequences Of Unacceptable Behaviours
Other attendees, organisers, venue staff, sponsors, or other #WPLDN venue patrons will not tolerate unacceptable behaviour.
Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behaviour is expected to comply immediately.
If a participant engages in unacceptable behaviour, the event organisers may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion from the event, without warning or refund.
6. What To Do If You Witness Or Are Subject To Unacceptable Behaviour
If you are subject to unacceptable behaviour, notice that someone else is being subject to unacceptable behaviour, or have any other concerns, please notify an event organiser as soon as possible.
The #WPLDN team will be available to help participants contact venue security or local law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing unacceptable behaviour to feel safe for the duration of the event. Any volunteer can connect you with an event organiser.
7. Scope
We expect all event participants (sponsors, volunteers, speakers, attendees, and other guests) to abide by this code of conduct at all event venues and event-related social events.
8. Contact Information
Email: [email protected]
9. License And Attribution
This Code of Conduct is a direct swipe from the awesome work of Open Source Bridge, but with our event information substituted. The original is available at http://opensourcebridge.org/about/code-of-conduct/ and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.
