All attendees are expected to show respect and courtesy to others throughout the conference and at all conference events. This includes social and fringe events, whether officially sponsored by PyCon NG or not
PyCon NG will not tolerate harrasment in any form, or language, imagery or behaviour that are:
Harrasment can include any unwelcome behaviour directed at another person.
If you are troubled by the behaviour of another attendee at the conference, or are concerned that another attendee may be in distress, please speak immediately to any member of conference staff or contact our code of conduct liaison volunteers. See how to report a code of conduct concern.
Your concern will be heard in confidence, taken seriously, and dealt with according to a documented procedure for handling code of conduct reports
Conference staff - volunteers and organisers - will be on hand throughout the conference. Any concern, whatever it is, will be immediately passed on to a member of the conference committee. The committee will investigate promptly and if necessary will take appropriate action. This could include:
We will provide you with a written satatement of the outcome, whatever it is.
We will publish a Code of Conduct report after the conference, containing an anonymised list of any reports we received, and how we responded.
Should an incident occur, please report it, preferably in writing. If in doubt, report your concerns. There is very little harm in an unnecessary report, but potentially significant harm in an unreported problem.
When reporting the incident, try to gather as much information as available. A committee member can assist you in writing the report or collecting information. Please do not interview people about the incident, but leave this to a committee member.
Committee members will be well-briefed on how to deal with incident reports, and on how to further proceed with the situation. See these guidelines for more information.
All committee members should read this document and be familiar with its contents. Be sure to have a good understanding of our Code of Conduct.
If there is any general threat to attendees or the safety of anyone is in doubt, summon security or call the police.
Try to get as much of the incident in written form by the reporter. If you cannot, transcribe it yourself as it was told to you. The important information to gather includes the following:
Try to get as much of the incident in written form by the reporter. If you cannot, transcribe it yourself as it was told to you. The important information to gather includes the following:
Alert the conference chair and other committee members. This meeting needs to establish, as far as possible:
If the committee decides that the complaint merits further action, the subject of the complaint needs to be informed about the matter. This must take place privately.
Ask them to respond
On the basis of all the information you have received, the committee will need to decide on an appropriate action and communicate it to the parties involved.
On the basis of all the information you have received, the committee will need to decide on an appropriate action and communicate it to the parties involved.
Occasionally, you may be required to act immediately. For example, you may need to interrupt or even terminate a talk or session that is in serious violation of the code of conduct, or warn someone about language or behaviour on the spot.
However seriously you take a complaint, avoid implying that you will take a particular course of action until the committee has been able to consider the matter.
It's important to have a written record of the complaint, decisions, and actions taken. Some actions will need to be taken after the event. A written record ensures that the matter can be followed up adequately.