Code of conduct
DrupalAsia Connect is a working conference for the whole Drupal community in Asia. Everyone taking part — attendees, speakers, sponsors, volunteers and organisers — is asked to follow this code of conduct, in the venue and in our online spaces.
Need help?
If you are being harassed, if you notice someone else being harassed, or if you have any other concern, contact a member of the organising team in person, or email events@drupalasia.org. Reports are handled confidentially.
Why we have a code of conduct
A conference is only as good as the people who feel able to turn up to it. We want DrupalAsia Connect to be somewhere a first-time contributor from a small city can ask a naive question of a core maintainer and get a straight answer. That takes a shared understanding of how we treat each other, written down.
This code applies to all conference spaces: sessions, workshops, sprints, social events, and the online channels we run around the event.
Expected behaviour
Be considerate
Your work is used by other people, and you depend on the work of others. Any decision you take affects colleagues and users, and you should take those consequences into account when making decisions.
Be welcoming
We come from many countries, languages, first languages, employers, levels of experience and levels of confidence. Make room for people who are new, and for people who are not speaking their first language.
Be respectful
Disagreement is normal and useful. Disrespect is not. Argue with the idea, not the person holding it, and assume the other person is acting in good faith until you have real reason not to.
Be collaborative
Work in the open where you can, explain your reasoning, and accept that other people may improve on it. Ask for help early; offer it freely.
Lead by example
Speakers, sponsors, volunteers and organisers set the tone. If you have a platform at this event, you are holding a higher standard, not a lower one.
Unacceptable behaviour
The following are not acceptable anywhere in the conference:
- Harassment or intimidation related to gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, nationality, caste, religion, age, or any similar characteristic.
- Unwelcome sexual attention, sexual language or sexual imagery, including in talks, slides and sponsor material.
- Deliberate intimidation, stalking, or following.
- Photography or recording of a person who has asked you not to.
- Sustained disruption of talks, workshops, sprints or other events.
- Unwelcome physical contact.
- Threats or incitement of violence, and advocating for or encouraging any of the above.
- Weapons of any kind on site.
"I was joking" is not a defence. If someone asks you to stop, stop.
Consequences
Participants asked to stop any unacceptable behaviour are expected to comply immediately. The organising team may take any action it judges appropriate, including a warning, requiring someone to leave a session, revoking a ticket without refund, or removing someone from the venue and from future events. Sponsors and speakers are subject to the same code, and to the same consequences.
If you witness or experience something
Speak to any organiser — we will be identifiable on site — or email events@drupalasia.org. Tell us what happened, when, and who was involved if you know. We will take your report seriously, keep it confidential, and tell you what we intend to do about it.
If your concern is about a member of the organising team, or you would rather raise it outside the event entirely, the Drupal Community Working Group handles conduct matters across the Drupal community and can be contacted independently of us.
We are all in this together
This event exists because people volunteer their time to build it. Looking after each other is part of that work, not separate from it.
Attribution and licence
This code of conduct draws on the codes used across the Drupal and wider free software community, which descend in turn from the work of the Ubuntu project, the Ada Initiative and Geek Feminism. It is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence, and you are welcome to adapt it for your own event.