Code of conduct

# the spirit

Treat people like they’re building too. Be curious about other people’s work. Be generous with what you know. Be honest when you don’t. Disagree about ideas; don’t demean people. That’s most of it.

# what is not okay

• Harassment of any kind — sexual, racial, gendered, religious, disability-related, or otherwise — in person, in chat, or on the remote call.
• Personal attacks, slurs, threats, sustained disruption.
• Photographs or recordings of people or screens without consent.
• Sharing someone’s code, draft, project, or contact info outside the meeting without their permission.
• Pitching your company or trying to sell people things during meeting time. Casual talk between members about their own work is fine and encouraged. Treating the room as an audience for a sales motion is not.
• Coming under the influence in a way that affects other attendees.

# demos, specifically

Demos are show-and-tell, not pitches. Show the thing. Show what you actually built. Talking honestly about what didn’t work is welcome and valuable. Don’t use your demo slot to advertise a product, raise a round, or recruit.

# if something happens

Tell the organizer right away, in person or in writing. You can email [email protected] — that goes directly to Taylor. Reports are kept confidential to the extent possible.

Responses range from a private conversation, to being asked to leave a meeting, to being asked not to return. The organizer makes the call. The aim is to keep the room safe for everyone who came to build.

# changes

This document may evolve as the group does. Material changes will be noted in a meeting and on this page. The git history of this site is the canonical record.