Version 1.3 – Updated 6th November, 2020
This file exists because the LumoSQL Project needed it, less than one year after starting. We take it seriously. Now we have the 2020-2021 pandemic and most of us are feeling a bit fragile... a bit of kindness helps too.
The LumoSQL Project welcomes contributions from everyone who shares the LumoSQL Project Goals This document outlines both expected and prohibited behavior.
LumoSQL participants are required to be respectful and direct with each other. We will not tolerate bullying, racism, sexism or constant domineering behaviour. No personal attacks, stay focussed on what we are trying to achieve. If you only read this much, it's a good start.
Everyone, regardless of diversity dimensions including:
- Gender, identity or expression
- Age
- Socioeconomic status
- Sex or sexual orientation
- Family status
- Race and/or caste and/or ethnicity
- National origin
- Religion
- Native or other languages
- Working with other LumoSQL community participants virtually or co-located
- Representing LumoSQL at public events
- Representing LumoSQL in social media
The following behaviors are expected of all LumoSQL community participants:
Value each other’s ideas, styles and viewpoints. Disagreement is no excuse for poor manners. Be open to different possibilities and to being wrong. Take responsibility, so if someone says they have been harmed through your words or actions, listen carefully, apologize sincerely, and correct the behaviour.
We must be able to speak directly when we disagree and when we think we need to improve. We cannot withhold hard truths. Doing so respectfully is hard, doing so when others don’t seem to be listening is harder, and hearing such comments when one is the recipient can be even harder still. We need to be honest and direct.
Seek diverse perspectives. Diversity of views and of people gives better results. Encourage all voices. Help new perspectives be heard and listen actively. If you find yourself dominating a discussion, it is especially important to step back and encourage other voices to join in. Observe how much time is taken up by dominant members of the group.
Be respectful of people with different cultural practices, attitudes and beliefs. Work to eliminate your own biases, prejudices and discriminatory practices. Think of others’ needs from their point of view. Use preferred titles (including pronouns) and the appropriate tone of voice. Respect people’s right to privacy and confidentiality. Be open to learning from and educating others as well as educating yourself.
The following behaviors are considered to be unacceptable under these guidelines.
Violence and threats of violence are not acceptable - online or offline. This includes incitement of violence, including encouraging a person to commit self-harm. This also includes posting or threatening to post other people’s personally identifying information (“doxxing”) online.
Hurtful or harmful language related to any dimension of diversity is not acceptable.
This includes deliberately referring to someone by a gender that they do not identify with, and/or questioning the legitimacy of an individual’s gender identity. If you’re unsure if a word is derogatory, don’t use it. This also includes repeated subtle and/or indirect discrimination; when asked to stop, stop the behaviour in question.
This section is here because it has been proven to be needed. It is not some formality.
Unwelcome sexual attention online or offline, or unwelcome physical contact is not acceptable. This includes sexualized comments, jokes or imagery in interactions, communications or presentation materials, as well as inappropriate touching, groping, or sexual advances. This includes touching a person without permission, including sensitive areas such as their hair, pregnant stomach, mobility device (wheelchair, scooter, etc) or tattoos. This also includes physically blocking or intimidating another person. Physical contact or simulated physical contact (such as emojis like “kiss”) without affirmative consent is not acceptable. This includes sharing or distribution of sexualized images or text.
Bad behavior from any LumoSQL community participant can't be tolerated. Intentional efforts to exclude people (except as part of a consequence of these guidelines) from LumoSQL activities are not acceptable.
Reports of harassment/discrimination will be promptly and thoroughly investigated by the people responsible for the safety of the space, event or activity. Appropriate measures will be taken to address the situation.
Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behaviour is expected to stop immediately. Violation of these guidelines can result in you being ask to leave an event or online space, either temporarily or for the duration of the event, or being banned from participation in spaces, or future events and activities.
Any participants who abuse the reporting process will be considered to be in violation of these guidelines and subject to the same consequences. False reporting, especially to retaliate or exclude, will not be accepted or tolerated.
If you believe you’re experiencing unacceptable behavior that will not be tolerated as outlined above please contact one of the current authors.
After receiving a concise description of your situation, they will review and determine next steps. In addition to conducting any investigation, they can provide a range of resources, from a private consultation to other community resources.
Please also report to us if you observe someone in distress or violations of these guidelines, even if the situation is not happening to you.
If you feel you have been unfairly accused of violating these guidelines, please follow the same reporting process.
Heavily Adapted and Compressed from the surprisingly large version 3.1 of the Mozilla Participation Guidelines and released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.