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A repository to organize our efforts in putting on Maine Civic Hack Day 2013.
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Establish Attendee code of conduct #22

Closed garrettwilkin closed 11 years ago

garrettwilkin commented 11 years ago
jqtrde commented 11 years ago

NodeConf Code of Conduct: If you’re an asshole to anyone for any reason you will be driven to the nearest bus station and sent home.

garrettwilkin commented 11 years ago

That's a great starting point, and basically what I'm going for, although my style is a little less pejorative. I think I would go for:

"If you are disrespectful to anyone..."

There are a few reasons for my desire to have a code. One is to make the implicit attitudes of the group explicit as we grow and attract new members. Another is to set a standard for addressing and correcting any behavior that would demean or exclude earnest participants from our events. A third is to provide assurances to our partners in the community that they can place their trust in us to not create a disgrace or scandal.

Ugh, I even hate to imagine it as I write it!

Slashthedragon commented 11 years ago

"NodeConf" code of conduct is not the model I would use for our code of conduct. I was actually surprised to google it and see that was the way they had worded it.

I am lousy at this but here are my ideas. Every person is encourage to become a member of Maine Hacker Club. Any person can become a member by declaring him-her-self a member. Every member is expected to show respect for other members, all people, property and animals Every member is expected to provide to the club and the community. Every member is expected to use language at the club gathering and in public which is acceptable to the parents of young children. Every member is expected to show no disrespect for people who have different backgrounds, religion, sexual orientation, politic view, or moral view. Membership will be terminated for physical confrontation, willful destruction of property, willful thief of property, or continuous behavior unbecoming of a member. The club grants the right to become a member and can terminate that right.

jqtrde commented 11 years ago

I'm a fan of the NodeConf CoC because it establishes what's expected without sounding like a TOS. Certainly caught me off guard the first time I read it. Maybe just me, but it set me at ease knowing that the organizers were just some guys out to do a good thing.

"Be nice to people, or you're going home."

garrettwilkin commented 11 years ago

I think that we could have both versions, right? We have can the short version, and the more detailed version.

"Be nice, play fair"

Those sound like good simple guidelines.

Something I also heard from the Node community which I thought was a good insight is that the Code of Conduct should not be a set of rules to restrain the bad behavior of a community, but instead, it represents the disposition of and is enforced by the community members. It's simply putting into writing what we already expect of each other.

I'm glad that we're having this discussion. Thank you guys for participating.

jqtrde commented 11 years ago

That sounds beautiful to me G. Best of both worlds!

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Garrett Wilkin notifications@github.comwrote:

I think that we could have both versions, right? We have can the short version, and the more detailed version.

"Be nice, play fair"

Those sound like good simple guidelines.

Something I also heard from the Node community which I thought was a good insight is that the Code of Conduct should not be a set of rules to restrain the bad behavior of a community, but instead, it represents the disposition of and is enforced by the community members. It's simply putting into writing what we already expect of each other.

I'm glad that we're having this discussion. Thank you guys for participating.

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