The Kairos Community is dedicated to providing harassment- and violence-free spaces for everyone, regardless of sex, gender, race, ethnicity, ability, age, orientation, relationship status, power dynamics, or any other identity. We do not tolerate harassment of community members in any form. Community members violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from an event and from the community at the discretion of community leadership structures.
This code of conduct outlines our expectations for all those who participate in our community, as well as the consequences for unacceptable behavior.
We invite all those who participate in the Kairos Community to help us create safe and positive experiences for everyone, with particular focus on groups that have been historically discriminated against.
It is everyone’s responsibility to understand, ask for, and choose whether to give or withhold consent. Together, we seek to create a safe and consensual space where people are accepted and able to explore themselves and their relationships with others. Because of our country's long history of discrimination and violence against marginalized groups, we ask people with privilege to actively advocate for the safety and inclusion of people will less privilege.
These are the consent guidelines we expect everyone in the Kairos Community to follow:
- No touching people or personal property without permission.
- Treat everyone as an equal by default. Everyone has responsibility to obtain, provide, or withhold consent regardless of sex, gender, race, ethnicity, ability, age, orientation, relationship status, power dynamics, or any other identity.
- Negotiate the scope of your activities. We recommend making clear that all parties involved have given consent to the proposed acts.
- Each participant is responsible for making sure, to the best of their ability, that everyone involved has the physical, mental, and emotional capacity to give informed and voluntary consent during negotiation and during the activity itself.
- Anyone can withdraw consent at any time during any activity. All participants shall endeavor to be clear and unequivocal when withdrawing consent.
- All participants are responsible for stopping immediately any activity at the withdrawal of consent from anyone.
- If your consent is violated or you experience a consent injury, please get yourself safe and follow the reporting guidelines here: https://github.com/gokubi/policies/blob/master/reporting_guidelines.md
- Violation of the consent policy may result in expulsion from the event and/or temporary or permanent ban from Kairos events or activities. All events have people in place to handle violation of this policy and those procedures will be followed by all members of this community. No one is exempt from the policy.
The following behaviors are expected and requested of all community members:
- Adhere to the consent guidelines in section 2 above
- Participate in an authentic and active way. In doing so, you contribute to the health and longevity of this community.
- Exercise consideration and respect in your speech and actions.
- Attempt collaboration before conflict.
- Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behavior and speech.
- Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants.
- Be an advocate for the health and safety of your fellow participants.
- Speak up and act if you notice a dangerous situation, someone in distress, or violations of this Code of Conduct, even if they seem inconsequential. [Alert community]
The following behaviors are considered unacceptable within our community:
- Any non-consensual behavior--See section 1 above for more detail.
- Violence, threats of violence, or violent language directed against another person.
- Sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist or otherwise discriminatory jokes and language.
- Posting or threatening to post other people's personally identifying information ("doxing").
- Personal insults, particularly those related to gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or disability.
- Inappropriate photography or recording.
- Unwelcome sexual attention. This includes, sexualized comments or jokes; inappropriate touching, groping, and unwelcome sexual advances. Without consent, none of these are acceptable.
- Deliberate intimidation, stalking or following (online or in person).
- Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior.
- Sustained disruption of community events.
No weapons will be allowed at Kairos Community events, community spaces, or in other spaces covered by the scope of this Code of Conduct. Weapons include but are not limited to guns, explosives, 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. Community members are further expected to comply with all state and local laws on this matter.
Unacceptable behavior from any Kairos Community member will not be tolerated.
Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behavior is expected to comply immediately.
If a Kairos Community member engages in unacceptable behavior, the Kairos Community Organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including a temporary ban or permanent expulsion from the community without warning (and without refund in the case of a paid event).
If you are subject to or witness unacceptable behavior, or have any other concerns, please notify a Kairos Community Organizer as soon as possible. At a Kairos Community event, please get yourself safe and follow the reporting guidelines here: https://github.com/gokubi/policies/blob/master/reporting_guidelines.md Outside of an in-person event, please contact Lesley Carmichael ([email protected]) or Steve Andersen ([email protected]). Please consider it your responsibilty to report unacceptable behavior as close to the time of occurrence as possible.
Additionally, Kairos Community Organizers are available to help community members engage with local law enforcement or to otherwise help those experiencing unacceptable behavior feel safe.
If you feel you have been falsely or unfairly accused of violating this Code of Conduct, you should notify Kairos Community Organizers with a concise description of your grievance. Your grievance will be handled in accordance with our existing governing policies.
We expect all Kairos Community members to abide by this Code of Conduct in all community venues--online and in-person--as well as in all one-on-one communications pertaining to community business.
This code of conduct and its related procedures also applies to unacceptable behavior occurring outside the scope of community activities when such behavior has the potential to adversely affect the safety and well-being of community members.
The Kairos Community Organizers are Lesley Carmichael ([email protected]) and Steve Andersen ([email protected]).
The Citizen Code of Conduct is distributed by the Kairos Community under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.
Portions of text derived from the Django Code of Conduct and the Geek Feminism Anti-Harassment Policy.
Portions derieved from the Center for Sex Positive Culture consent policy (https://thefspc.org/consent-policy/).
Revision 1. Posted October 2018.