Code of Conduct

Hacky Hour is a community-based and community-buildling event intended for networking and collaboration in the University of Glasgow research community.

We value the participation of each member of the research community and want all attendees to have an enjoyable and fulfilling experience. Accordingly, all attendees are expected to show respect and courtesy to other attendees.

To make clear what is expected, all staff, attendees, helpers, or any other persons at a Hacky Hour Glasgow event are required to conform to the following Code of Conduct. Organizers will enforce this code throughout the event.

Our Standards

Hacky Hour is dedicated to providing a positive conference experience for everyone, regardless of age, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, ethnicity, nationality, race, or religion (or lack thereof), education, or socio-economic status.

Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment include:

• Being kind to others
• Behaving professionally
• Using welcoming and inclusive language
• Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
• Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
• Focusing on what is best for the community
• Showing empathy towards other community members

Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:

• Harassment of conference participants in any form
• Deliberate intimidation, stalking, or following
• Violent threats or language directed against another person
• Sexual language and imagery in any conference venue, including talks
• Insults or put downs
• Sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, or exclusionary jokes
• Excessive swearing
• Unwelcome sexual attention or advances
• Unwelcome physical contact
• Sustained disruption of talks or other events
• Other conduct that is inappropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds

Participants asked to stop any inappropriate behavior are expected to comply immediately.

If a participant engages in behavior that violates this code of conduct, the organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or arranging for the removal of the offender from the premises.

Thank you for helping make this a welcoming, friendly event for all.

Scope

All Hacky Hour attendees are subject to the Code of Conduct. This includes staff, students, attendees, helpers, researchers, and anyone else who participates in a Hacky Hour event.

Contact Information

In case of a conflict of interest, you can individually contact:

• William Pettersson
  • Organiser, Hacky Hour
  • william.pettersson@glasgow.ac.uk

License

This Code of Conduct was forked from the policy from PyCon Code of Conduct, which itself was adapted from a sample policy in the Geek Feminism wiki, created by the Ada Initiative and other volunteers. The former is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License and the latter is under a Creative Commons Zero license.

Additional language was added by Otter Tech from:

• Contributor Covenant version 1.4 (licensed CC BY 4.0)
• Django Project Code of Conduct (licensed CC BY 3.0)
• Rust Code of Conduct
• Citizen Code of Conduct (licensed CC BY SA 3.0)
• Affect Conf Code of Conduct (licensed CC BY 3.0).