Code of Conduct

Procedures for Reporting Incidents

If you believe someone has violated the Code of Conduct, we encourage you to report it.

If you are unsure whether the incident is a violation, or whether the space where it happened is covered by the Code of Conduct, we encourage you to still report it.

We are fine with receiving reports where we decide to take no action for the sake of creating a safer space.

Examples of Inappropriate Behavior

• Harassment of any participants in any form
• Deliberate intimidation, stalking, or following
• Logging or taking screenshots of online activity for harassment purposes
• Publishing others’ private information, such as a physical or electronic address, without explicit permission
• Violent threats or language directed against another person
• Incitement of violence or harassment towards any individual, including encouraging a person to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm
• Creating additional online accounts in order to harass another person or circumvent a ban
• Sexual language and imagery in online communities or in any conference venue, including talks
• Insults, put downs, or jokes that are based upon stereotypes, that are exclusionary, or that hold others up for ridicule
• Excessive swearing
• Unwelcome sexual attention or advances
• Unwelcome physical contact, including simulated physical contact (eg, textual descriptions like “hug” or “backrub”) without consent or after a request to stop
• Pattern of inappropriate social contact, such as requesting/assuming inappropriate levels of intimacy with others
• Sustained disruption of online community discussions, in-person presentations, or other in-person events
• Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease
• Other conduct that is inappropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds

This list is not an exhaustive list of all inappropriate behavior that is unacceptable at DjangoCon US.

General Reporting Procedure

The best way to contact the DjangoCon Code of Conduct committee is by emailing conduct@djangocon.us

Report Data

When you make a report via email or phone, please include:

• Your contact info (so we can get in touch with you if we need to follow up)
• Date and time of the incident
• Location of incident
• Whether the incident is ongoing
• Description of the incident
• Identifying information of the reported person: name, physical appearance, height, clothing, voice accent, identifying badge information such as company name, ribbons, or badge number
• Additional circumstances surrounding the incident
• Other people involved in or witnesses to the incident and their contact information or description

Please provide as much information as possible.

You will receive feedback promptly or within 24 hours after submitting the report.

Confidentiality

All reports will be kept confidential. When we discuss incidents with people who are reported, we will anonymize details as much as we can to protect reporter privacy.

However, some incidents happen in one-on-one interactions, and even if the details are anonymized, the reported person may be able to guess who made the report. If you have concerns about retaliation or your personal safety, please note those in your report. We still encourage you to report, so that we can support you while keeping our conference attendees safe. In some cases, we can compile several anonymized reports into a pattern of behavior, and take action on that pattern.

Full Code of Conduct

To make clear what is expected, all delegates/attendees, speakers, exhibitors, organizers and volunteers at any DjangoCon US event are required to conform to the following Code of Conduct. Organizers will enforce this code throughout the event.

What the conference is

DjangoCon US is a community conference intended for networking and collaboration in the developer community.

We value the participation of each member of the Django community and want all attendees to have an enjoyable and fulfilling experience. Accordingly, all attendees are expected to show respect and courtesy to other attendees throughout the conference, at all conference events, and in all conference online spaces (such as Slack), whether officially sponsored by DjangoCon US or not.

Be Kind To Others

Do not insult or put down other attendees. Behave professionally. Remember that harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate for DjangoCon US. Attendees violating these rules may be asked to leave the conference without a refund at the sole discretion of the conference organizers.

Be Respectful

Not all of us will agree all the time, but disagreement is no excuse for poor behavior and poor manners. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form.

Harassment includes: offensive verbal comments related to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion; sexual images in public spaces; deliberate intimidation, stalking, or following; harassing photography or recording; sustained disruption of talks or other events; repeated or inappropriate direct messaging on conference or social media platforms; inappropriate physical contact; and unwelcome sexual attention.

Choose Your Words

Be careful in the words that you choose. Remember that sexist, racist, and other exclusionary jokes can be offensive to those around you. Excessive swearing and offensive jokes are not appropriate for DjangoCon US. We are all adults, capable of having adult conversations. Preface your presentation with appropriate Trigger/Content Warnings, if necessary.

All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks.

Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.

Exhibitors in the expo hall, sponsor or vendor booths, or similar activities are also subject to the anti-harassment policy. In particular, exhibitors should not use sexualized images, activities, or other material. Booth staff (including volunteers) should not use sexualized clothing/uniforms/costumes, or otherwise create a sexualized environment.

Weapons Policy

No weapons are allowed at DjangoCon US. Weapons include but are not limited to explosives (including fireworks), guns, and large knives such as those used for hunting or display, as well as any other item used for the purpose of causing injury or harm to others. Anyone seen in possession of one of these items will be asked to leave immediately, and will only be allowed to return without the weapon.

Photography

In order to make DjangoCon US 2024 a great experience for everyone, do not photograph, video, or audio record anyone at DjangoCon without their express permission, sought in advance. If someone does not want to be photographed, video or audio recorded, please respect their wishes.

Crowd shots are permitted, but when only the faces of a few people are visible, permission should be sought from all of those individuals.

If a participant engages in behavior that violates this code of conduct, the conference organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the conference with no refund.

License

This Code of Conduct was forked from the example policy from the Geek Feminism wiki, created by the Ada Initiative and other volunteers. which is under a Creative Commons Zero license.

This Code of Conduct also incorporates portions from PyCon's Code of Conduct, which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

DjangoCon US Conference Code of Conduct is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.