Code of Conduct

  1. Purpose

    WordCamp London believes our community should be truly open for everyone. As such, 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 as well as the consequences for unacceptable behaviour.

    We invite all sponsors, volunteers, speakers, attendees, and other participants to help us realize a safe and positive conference 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 recognize and strengthen the relationships between what we do and the community at large.

    In service of this goal, WordCamp London organisers will be taking nominations for exemplary citizens throughout the event and will recognize select participants after the conference on the website.

    If you see someone who is making an extra effort to ensure our community is welcoming, friendly, and encourages all participants to contribute to the fullest extent, we want to know. Let an organiser know however you can.

  3. Expected Behaviour

    • Be considerate, respectful, and collaborative.
    • Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory or harassing behaviour and speech.
    • Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants. Alert conference organisers if you notice a dangerous situation or someone in distress.
    • Participate in an authentic and active way. In doing so, you help to create WordCamp London and make it your own.

  4. Unacceptable Behaviour

    Unacceptable behaviours include: intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory or demeaning conduct by any attendees of WordCamp London and related events. All WordCamp London 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, 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 Behaviour

    Unacceptable behaviour will not be tolerated whether by other attendees, organisers, venue staff, sponsors, or other patrons of WordCamp London venues.

    Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behaviour is expected to comply immediately.

    If a participant engages in unacceptable behaviour, the conference organisers may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion from the conference 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 a conference organiser as soon as possible.

    The WordCamp London team will be available to help participants contact venue security or local law enforcement, to provide escorts, or to otherwise assist those experiencing unacceptable behaviour to feel safe for the duration of the conference. Volunteers will be wearing a special colour t-shirt. Any volunteer can connect you with a conference organiser. You can also come to the registration desk in the lobby and ask for the organisers.

  7. Scope

    We expect all conference participants (sponsors, volunteers, speakers, attendees, and other guests) to abide by this code of conduct at all conference venues and conference-related social events.

  8. Contact Information

    You can email us (london@wordcamp.org) before and after the event, or ask any volunteer to point you in the direction of an organiser during the event.

  9. Licence 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.