PIE (https://piepdx.com) believes our community should be truly open for everyone. As such, we are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, or any other defining characteristics, inherent or chosen. 

This Code of Conduct outlines our expectations for participant behavior as well as the consequences for unacceptable behavior. We invite all sponsors, partners, volunteers, speakers, attendees, and other participants to help us realize a safe and positive experience for everyone.

Expected behavior

• Be considerate, respectful, and collaborative.

• Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behavior and speech.

• Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants. Alert conference organizers if you notice a dangerous situation or someone in distress.

• Participate in an authentic and active way. 

• Make every reasonable effort to make this a safe space for everyone.

Unacceptable behavior

Unacceptable behaviors include but are not limited to: intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory or demeaning conduct by any attendees, presenters, sponsors, or staff. 

Harassment includes but is not limited to: offensive verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability; inappropriate use of nudity and/or sexual images and links in public spaces (including presentation slides and virtual event text chat); deliberate intimidation, stalking or following; harassing photography or recording; sustained disruption of talks or other events; inappropriate implied physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.

Consequences of unacceptable behavior

Unacceptable behavior will not be tolerated whether by other attendees, organizers, speakers, venue staff, sponsors, or vendors.

Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behavior is expected to comply immediately.

If a participant engages in unacceptable behavior, the event organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion from the event without warning or refund.

What to do if you witness or are subject to unacceptable behavior

If you are subject to unacceptable behavior, notice that someone else is being subject to unacceptable behavior, or have any other concerns, please notify someone from PIE — or a designated representative of PIE — as soon as possible.You can send a private message to them or respond in public chat. PIE will connect you with the person who has the control of the video conferencing software.

The PIE team will be available to help participants contact local law enforcement or to otherwise assist those experiencing unacceptable behavior to feel safe for the duration of the event.

Scope

We expect all conference participants (sponsors, volunteers, speakers, attendees, staff, and other guests) to abide by this code of conduct at all events, both in-person and online.

Contact information

If you are unable to contact PIE staff or designated representatives during the event itself, please email info@piepdx.com.

License and attribution

This Code of Conduct is heavily borrowed work of Open Source Bridge, but with our event information substituted. The original is available at http://opensourcebridge.org/about/code-of-conduct/ and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.