All participants in Freelance Camp are asked to comply with the following code of conduct. Administrators (see below for definition of administrators) will enforce this code throughout all Freelance Camp channels and venues (“Camp”).

The Short Version

Be respectful of other people; respectfully ask people to stop if you are bothered; and if you can’t resolve an issue contact the administrators. If you are being a problem, it will be apparent and you may be asked to leave Camp.

The Long Version

Respect

Freelance Camp is an intentionally positive community that recognizes and celebrates the creativity and collaboration of independent members and the diversity of skills, talents, experiences, cultures, and opinions that they bring to our community.

Freelance Camp is an inclusive environment, based on treating all individuals respectfully, regardless of gender or gender identity (including transgender status), sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or career path.

We value respectful behavior above individual opinions.

Respectful behavior includes:

• Be considerate, kind, constructive, and helpful.
• Avoid demeaning, discriminatory, harassing, hateful, or physically threatening behavior, speech, and imagery.
• If you’re not sure, ask someone instead of assuming. No, really.
• Just ask the administrators. We’d rather hear from you than hear about something you said or did after the fact, and we are here to help.
• Don’t be a bystander. Role model respectful behaviour, but also help to address disrespect when you see it.

Resolve Peacefully

We believe peer to peer discussions, feedback, and corrections can help build a stronger, safer, and more welcoming community.

If you see someone behaving disrespectfully, we urge you to respectfully dissuade them from such behavior. Expect that others in the community wish to help keep the community respectful, and welcome your input in doing so.

If you experience disrespectful behavior toward yourself or anyone else and feel in any way unable or unwilling to respond or resolve it respectfully (for any reason), please immediately bring it to the attention of an administrator. We want to hear from you about anything that you feel is disrespectful, threatening, or just something that could make someone feel distressed in any way. We will listen and work to resolve the matter.

Apologize for Mistakes

Should you catch yourself behaving disrespectfully, or be confronted as such, listen intently, own up to your words and actions, and apologize accordingly.

No one is perfect, and even well-intentioned people make mistakes.

What matters is how you handle them and that you avoid repeating them in the future.

Consequences

If the administrators determine that a human is behaving disrespectfully, the administrators may take any action they deem appropriate within Freelance Camp, up to and including expulsion and exclusion from Camp.

As administrators, we will seek to resolve conflicts peacefully and in a manner that is positive for the community. We can’t foresee every situation, and thus if in the administrator's judgment the best thing to do is to ask a disrespectful individual to leave, we will do so.

Administrators

The administrators of Freelance Camp as of July 7th, 2017:

• Kai Davis
• Travis Northcutt
• Mike Julian

This Code of Conduct is adapted from Rands Leadership Slack and released under the CC0 public domain license.