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You are welcome. Ensure that you are also welcoming. We want everyone to feel welcome no matter what the colour of their skin, where they live, or where their ancestors came from. We want to welcome people from all @@ -64,7 +70,7 @@ level of experience or ability. And we want you to help us make everyone else feel welcomed, too.
We are a diverse community, working often to multiple goals. We assume the best intent from each other, and do not ascribe malice. Assume that if someone is complaining about your conduct, it is because they either genuinely feel it @@ -75,7 +81,7 @@ the first instance, correct them and move on. Do not, however, use this as an excuse for bad conduct or a reason to ignore it.
A small amount of effort in ensuring your words are professional and polite, and avoiding subjects and expressions that may offend, goes a long way. Humour is not a mitigating factor here.
@@ -87,7 +93,7 @@Disagreements are normal and common. Sometimes, the different goals we have in our shared endeavour conflict, and it is important that we are able to explain why. Criticism is essential to find the best solutions to the problems that face us. @@ -105,7 +111,7 @@
We are, fundamentally, a community of people working to share technology with each other. We should be friendly toward each other, and act to support each other's efforts.
@@ -115,12 +121,12 @@As a rule of thumb, if you find yourself dividing the community into an "us" and a "them", you are risking breaking this Code of Conduct.
The examples in this document of what not to do are intended to be just that - examples. They are not intended to be exhaustive. Many of these examples have formal definitions, either in law or elsewhere - in general, if you are reliant on such a definition to @@ -129,7 +135,7 @@ words.
The governing principle of this Code of Conduct is that all participation in XSF Activities is solely by permission of the XMPP Standards Foundation. No person has any automatic right to join a XSF chatroom or mailing list, or contribute to XSF documents such as the XEP series.
@@ -152,7 +158,7 @@ XMPP Standards Foundation or the wider XMPP Community.The first case may seem extremely broad. The intent here is that while good behaviour which might be associated with the XSF and its community reflects well on us, the opposite is also true. By explicitly stating that this Code of Conduct applies this allows the XSF @@ -166,7 +172,7 @@
If you witness bad conduct by somebody - that is, if you feel someone's behaviour does not live up to this Code of Conduct - please do express your concern (calmly and gently) to that person at the time, but only if you feel able. This allows the person to recognise their behaviour @@ -190,13 +196,13 @@
When you report it, include the place, date and time, and report it as calmly as possible.
The Conduct Team will then discuss the incident. This should be done quickly, and in private.
The Conduct Team may ask for further information from you, the person accused of bad conduct, or others who were present.
Finally, the Conduct Team will make a decision on sanctions or other action.
The purpose of a Code of Conduct is to ensure our community is as welcoming and inclusive as possible. Sanctions are by their nature exclusionary, and many Actions are unlikely be to welcoming to those involved. Therefore the @@ -220,7 +226,7 @@
Many minor incidents will, therefore, not be reported publicly at all, and - even if there is an agreement that bad conduct occurred - may not result in any visible actions at all.
If you disagree with the decision made by the Board and you were either the subject of bad conduct or subject to the actions or sanctions, you may appeal in writing by sending an email to the Board. The Board will consider your argument as written and will normally