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For over a quarter of a century, the RIPE community's strength has come from its breadth of experience, diversity of views, and open, respectful exchange of ideas – values that we want all of our RIPE Meeting attendees to uphold. Therefore, everybody who participates in our community is required to conform to this Code of Conduct (CoC). The scope of this CoC applies to anyone engaging with the RIPE community or Meeting either in-person or online, including, but not limited to: meeting attendees, speakers, sponsors, RIPE Working Group Co-Chairs, the RIPE Programme Committee, moderators, organisers, volunteers.
If you believe someone may be violating the Code of Conduct, please report it. The Code of Conduct Response Team [TBD] will handle reports, can support you if you make a report, and will decide on a response.
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Our goals with having this Code of Conduct are:
The Code of Conduct is not an exhaustive list of things that you must do, or cannot do. Rather, take it in the spirit in which it is intended. It is a guide to make it easier to enrich all of us and the communities in which we participate, and which we represent.
Some events may provide alcoholic drinks. Participants are expected to drink responsibly. Alcohol use or other intoxication is never accepted as an excuse for CoC violations.
If a Code of Conduct incident happens that affects you, or if you witness it affecting someone else, please contact the CoC Team immediately. <INSERT CONTACT DETAILS REFERENCE>
Please do not feel like you may be a burden by reporting incidents. Even if you happen to report multiple incidents. We rather consider reports an opportunity to act: by knowing about an incident, we can act on it, and often prevent it from continuing or repeating. But if we do not know, we cannot take action.
If you are not sure whether the situation was a Code of Conduct violation, or whether the CoC applied to that particular space, we encourage you to still report it. We would much rather have additional reports where we decide to take no action, rather than miss a report of an actual violation. We do not look negatively on you if we find the incident is not a violation. Knowing about incidents that are not violations, or that happen outside our spaces, can also help us to improve the Code of Conduct or the processes surrounding it.
If you do not have all of this information at the time or do not want to share some of the information, please still make the report and include as much information as you have.
All reports will be kept confidential. In some cases, a public statement might be required (e.g., in a CoC transparency report following conferences), but these reports are anonymized and will never include any personally identifying information. Do note that if the incident was a one on one interaction, any action by the Code of Conduct response team could lead the other person to conclude that you reported it, as nobody else could have.
If you feel unsafe reporting in person, you may choose someone to represent you. In this case, we will need their contact information, but we ask you to make clear that this person represents you.
When handling a report, we follow our <INSERT RESPONSE GUIDE REFERENCE>.
If you believe anyone is in immediate and serious physical danger, please consider notifying appropriate law enforcement first when possible. If you are unsure which law enforcement agency is appropriate, please include this in your report and we will attempt to notify them.
Conference staff will be happy to help participants contact hotel/venue security or local law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the duration of the conference. However, we will not contact security or law enforcement without your consent unless the safety risk is so significant that there is no other reasonable option.
This Code of Conduct applies to all spaces of the RIPE community. This includes:
The Code of Conduct does not exclusively apply to events on an official agenda. For example, if after a scheduled social event you go to a bar with a group of fellow participants, and someone harasses you there, that can still be a CoC violation. Similarly, harassment in Twitter direct messages related to the RIPE community can still be covered under this Code of Conduct. In addition, violations of this code outside our spaces may affect a person’s ability to participate in them.
When you sponsor a RIPE Meeting, we welcome you as a member of our community, and we expect you to be respectful to the community you operate within.
All exhibitors in the meeting venue or similar activities are also subject to the Code of Conduct. In particular, exhibitors should not use sexualised images, activities, or other material. Booth staff (including volunteers) must not use sexualised clothing/uniforms/costumes or otherwise create a sexualised environment.
In the case of a Code of Conduct violation, some of the most common actions that organisers may take are:
The action taken is at the discretion of the Code of Conduct Team. Participants are expected to comply immediately, and further action may be taken in case a participant does not comply. A record will be kept of all incidents.
If your report concerns a member of the Code of Conduct Team, you can report the issue to any other team response member or any other organiser. <INSERT FURTHER CONTACT DETAILS>
This Code of Conduct was originally based on the Write the Docs Code of Conduct, in turn, based on the DjangoCon Europe 2018 Code of Conduct and the Django Project Code of Conduct, the Speak Up! Project, the Fedora Project, as well as the Python Mentorship Project and many others.