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| 1 | +# Code of Conduct |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +DjangoCon US is dedicated to providing a fun harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other attendees. Behave professionally. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +Remember that harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate for DjangoCon US. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +Attendees violating these rules may be asked to leave the conference without a refund at the sole discretion of the conference organizers. |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +Thank you for helping make this a welcoming, friendly event for all. |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +## Full Code of Conduct |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +_To make clear what is expected, all delegates/attendees, speakers, |
| 16 | +exhibitors, organizers and volunteers at any DjangoCon US event are required |
| 17 | +to conform to the following Code of Conduct. Organizers will enforce this code |
| 18 | +throughout the event._ |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +### What the conference is |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +DjangoCon US is a community conference intended for networking and |
| 23 | +collaboration in the developer community. |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +We value the participation of each member of the Django community and want all |
| 26 | +attendees to have an enjoyable and fulfilling experience. Accordingly, all |
| 27 | +attendees are expected to show respect and courtesy to other attendees |
| 28 | +throughout the conference, at all conference events, and in all conference |
| 29 | +online spaces (such as Slack), whether officially sponsored by DjangoCon US or |
| 30 | +not. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +### Be Kind To Others |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +Do not insult or put down other attendees. Behave professionally. Remember |
| 35 | +that harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate |
| 36 | +for DjangoCon US. Attendees violating these rules may be asked to leave the |
| 37 | +conference without a refund at the sole discretion of the conference |
| 38 | +organizers. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +### Be Respectful |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +Not all of us will agree all the time, but disagreement is no excuse for poor |
| 43 | +behavior and poor manners. We do not tolerate harassment of conference |
| 44 | +participants in any form. |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +Harassment includes: offensive verbal comments related to gender, gender |
| 47 | +identity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, |
| 48 | +race, religion; sexual images in public spaces; deliberate intimidation, |
| 49 | +stalking, or following; harassing photography or recording; sustained |
| 50 | +disruption of talks or other events; inappropriate physical contact; and |
| 51 | +unwelcome sexual attention. |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +## Choose Your Words |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +Be careful in the words that you choose. Remember that sexist, racist, and |
| 56 | +other exclusionary jokes can be offensive to those around you. Excessive |
| 57 | +swearing and offensive jokes are not appropriate for DjangoCon US. We are all |
| 58 | +adults, capable of having adult conversations. Preface your presentation with |
| 59 | +appropriate Trigger/Content Warnings, if necessary. |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including |
| 62 | +people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not |
| 63 | +appropriate for any conference venue, including talks. |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply |
| 66 | +immediately. |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +Exhibitors in the expo hall, sponsor or vendor booths, or similar activities |
| 69 | +are also subject to the anti-harassment policy. In particular, exhibitors |
| 70 | +should not use sexualized images, activities, or other material. Booth staff |
| 71 | +(including volunteers) should not use sexualized clothing/uniforms/costumes, |
| 72 | +or otherwise create a sexualized environment. |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +## Examples of Inappropriate Behavior |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +- Harassment of any participants in any form |
| 77 | +- Deliberate intimidation, stalking, or following |
| 78 | +- Logging or taking screenshots of online activity for harassment purposes |
| 79 | +- Publishing others’ private information, such as a physical or electronic address, without explicit permission |
| 80 | +- Violent threats or language directed against another person |
| 81 | +- Incitement of violence or harassment towards any individual, including encouraging a person to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm |
| 82 | +- Creating additional online accounts in order to harass another person or circumvent a ban |
| 83 | +- Sexual language and imagery in online communities or in any conference venue, including talks |
| 84 | +- Insults, put downs, or jokes that are based upon stereotypes, that are exclusionary, or that hold others up for ridicule |
| 85 | +- Excessive swearing |
| 86 | +- Unwelcome sexual attention or advances |
| 87 | +- Unwelcome physical contact, including simulated physical contact (eg, textual descriptions like “hug” or “backrub”) without consent or after a request to stop |
| 88 | +- Pattern of inappropriate social contact, such as requesting/assuming inappropriate levels of intimacy with others |
| 89 | +- Sustained disruption of online community discussions, in-person presentations, or other in-person events |
| 90 | +- Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease |
| 91 | +- Other conduct that is inappropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +This list is not an exhaustive list of all inappropriate behavior that is unacceptable at DjangoCon US. Community members asked to stop any inappropriate behavior are expected to comply immediately. |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +## Photography |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +In order to make DjangoCon US 2023 a great experience for everyone, do not |
| 98 | +photograph, video, or audio record anyone at DjangoCon without their express |
| 99 | +permission, sought in advance. If someone does not want to be photographed, |
| 100 | +video or audio recorded, please respect their wishes. |
| 101 | + |
| 102 | +Crowd shots are permitted, but when only the faces of a few people are |
| 103 | +visible, permission should be sought from all of those individuals. |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | +_If a participant engages in behavior that violates this code of conduct, the |
| 106 | +conference organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including |
| 107 | +warning the offender or expulsion from the conference with no refund._ |
| 108 | + |
| 109 | +## License |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | +This Code of Conduct was forked from the example policy from the [Geek |
| 112 | +Feminism wiki](http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment/Policy), created by the Ada Initiative and other volunteers, which |
| 113 | +is under a Creative Commons Zero license. |
| 114 | + |
| 115 | +This Code of Conduct also incorporates portions from PyCon's Code of Conduct, which is licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). |
| 116 | + |
| 117 | +Conference Code of Conduct by |
| 118 | +[2025.djangocon.us/conduct/](https://2025.djangocon.us/conduct/) is licensed under a |
| 119 | +[Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported |
| 120 | +License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
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