AlgoraveLondon Code of Conduct
Where specified, all participants of AlgoraveLondon spaces, including attendees, performers, organisers and volunteers, are required to agree with the following code of conduct. Please support it and help ensure a safe environment for everybody.
What Is This?
To meet our aim to make inclusive, safe environments, we have outlined expectations of participants. This code applies to AlgoraveLondon, any related social events and online communities around it.
Make Space
Please remember that in an AlgoraveLondon space you will have a group with mixed genders, beliefs, technologies, backgrounds, sexualities and so on.
In all communication — whether that be when promoting the space, addressing others — try to use inclusive language, e.g. remember that 'guys' is not a gender-neutral term in many parts of the world, try not to address a mixed group with that.
AlgoraveLondon understands the "paradox" of tolerance: if you are a bigot we will not make space for that bigotry.
The Short Version
We are dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for all participants, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, national origin, immigration status, religion (or lack thereof).
The Less Short Version
Harassment includes offensive verbal or written comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, national origin, immigration status, religion (or lack thereof); deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.
If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a facilitator immediately.
At this point, facilitators include:
- BelfastBruiser, [email protected]
AlgoraveLondon facilitators will try to be responsive — additionally, all participants (where possible/appropriate) will be briefed on this code and facilitators may ask individual participants to act on their behalf.
If you report an incident of harassment to AlgoraveLondon facilitators you can expect to be listened to and taken seriously. They will take action they deem appropriate in response depending on the scale and severity of the incident. For example:
- Discuss the perpetrator's behaviour with them and ask them to stop. Explain what they have done and why it is unacceptable. Remind the perpetrator of the code of conduct. Monitor the perpetrator's behaviour and if it improves then they will continue to be welcome in spaces.
- Temporarily ban the perpetrator from the space. Explain what they have done and why it is unacceptable and remind them of the code of conduct. Monitor the person's behaviour in AlgoraveLondon spaces and if it improves then they will continue to be welcome.
- Ban them from the space indefinitely. Explain what they have done and why it is unacceptable and remind them of the code of conduct.
Facilitators will consult with each other before taking steps two or three if possible within a reasonable time frame, depending on urgency.
AlgoraveLondon facilitators and those acting on their behalf will be happy to help participants experiencing harassment to feel safe in AlgoraveLondon spaces.