Code of Conduct
Every community grows and changes. At some point it becomes useful or necessary to consider questions like these:
- What makes our community valuable?
- How do we make sure that it maintains it's value?
- How can we facilitate an optimal experience for all our members?
This Code of Conduct mows the lawn.
The Maine Hacker Club strives to provide a safe, fun environment for technologists to experiment and learn our crafts. This code of conduct applies equally to all attendees of Maine Hacker Club meetings and Maine Hacker Club-sponsored events, and users in the #MaineHackerClub Freenode IRC channel.
This document is not meant to be an exhaustive list of acceptable or unacceptable behavior, but should instead be viewed as a fluid framework within which members are expected to act. The spirit of this code of conduct is to treat all people with dignity and respect. That being said, we do have some firm requirements, as listed below.
- Be respectful of others.
- Discuss breaches of the code of conduct with other Maine Hacker Club members to aid in dispute resolution.
- Condone or engage in the kind of illegal (or legal grey-area) hacking that is portrayed in media.
- Retaliate against transgressors in such a way that would violate the code of conduct.
We're not these kind of hackers.
- The Maine Hacker Club is not an entity or property holder, as such it will not be a party to any agreements with members or external parties.
- Any agreements for compensation resulting from any group members activities are made between those individuals who would make such agreements.
- Members understand that the Maine Hacker Club cannot arbitrate disagreements between members, and cannot itself provide any mediation or restitution.
Conflicts arise in any group setting, and Maine Hacker Club is unlikely to be any different. If a conflict arises in a situation where the code of conduct is violated, the best course of action is to reach out to other members to help arbitrate the situation. If this is not possible, a secondary course of action is to remove yourself from the situation until such time that it can be arbitrated.