1. Purpose
The WordPress Portsmouth User Group 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, age, caste, social class, preferred operating system, programming language, or text editor, among other identifying characteristics.
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 community experience for everyone.
2. Open SourceOpen Source
Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source must be delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. 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, the WordPress Portsmouth User Group organisers will be taking nominations for exemplary citizens.
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. You can nominate someone by talking to the event organizer or online.
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 community 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 WordPress Portsmouth User Group and make it your own.
4. Unacceptable Behavior
Unacceptable behaviours include: intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory or demeaning conduct by any members of WordPress Portsmouth User Group and related events. All WordPress Portsmouth User Group venues/platorms may be shared with members of the public; please be respectful to all patrons of these locations/tools.
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 and virtual event text chat); deliberate intimidation, stalking or following; harassing photography or recording; sustained disruption of talks or other events; inappropriate contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.
5. Consequences Of Unacceptable Behaviour
Unacceptable behaviour will not be tolerated whether by other attendees, organisers, sponsors, or other patrons of the WordPress Portsmouth User Group platforms.
Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behaviour is expected to comply immediately.
If a participant engages in unacceptable behaviour, the community organisers may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion from the community without warning.
6. What To Do If You Witness Or Are Subject To Unacceptable Behaviour
If you are subjected to unacceptable behaviour, notice that someone else is being subject to unacceptable behaviour, or have any other concerns, please notify a community organiser as soon as possible.
The WordPress Portsmouth User Group team will be available to help participants contact the platform moderators or to otherwise assist those experiencing unacceptable behaviour to feel safe in the community.
7. Scope
We expect all community members, sponsors, volunteers, speakers, attendees, and other guests to abide by this code of conduct.
8. Contact Information
Contact us via social media, email, chat or Slack.
9. License And Attribution
This Code of Conduct is heavily borrowed from the awesome work of Open Source Bridge and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.
Updated on 21st October 2020, taking into account changes made to the WordPress Online Code of Conduct.