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-**Proposed OARC Code of Conduct**
+**OARC Code of Conduct**
-==== //This has not been accepted and is only a proposal.// ====
+We aim to be a friendly, active, and creative community where people can learn, share, and grow. We welcome new ideas and encourage collaboration between groups with different skills and interests.
-We aim to be a busy, productive, happy, innovative and agile community that can learn and innovate together. We welcome new ideas across the broad spectrum of the field of communications. We should always endeavour to foster good relationships and collaboration between groups with very different needs, interests and skills. The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public and in private whenever we will be judged by our actions whilst acting as a member of the OARC group. We expect it to be honoured by everyone who joins the community.
+Our Code of Conduct helps us work together respectfully and responsibly. It applies to how we behave in public and private as members of OARC, and we expect everyone to follow it in both spirit and practice.
+===Community Values:===
-We strive to:
+  * **Be kind.** Respect other opinions and avoid misunderstandings, especially in text-based chats. Be patient and polite.
-  * Be considerate. We appreciate the diverse gathering of people within the OARC and make allowance for the potential for misunderstanding due to the nature of the online text-based chat system that Discord uses.
+  *  **Be respectful.** Treat others with courtesy. Aggression or personal attacks aren’t acceptable, and we aim to keep this a safe and welcoming space.
-  * Be respectful. There is no excuse for poor manners, aggression and personal attacks are never acceptable.  A community where people feel uncomfortable or threatened is not a productive one.
+  * **Take responsibility.** If you make a mistake or upset someone, apologise and work to make things right. Avoid swearing or negative language—it only makes things worse.
-  * Be responsible. When we make mistakes we take responsibility for them, de-escalating any situation when someone perceives to have been harmed or offended is important to us all. Swearing and the use of poor language will only make things worse and will be a short path to removal.
+  *  **Ask for help.** The community is here to support you. Whether it’s technical advice or general questions, please reach out.
-  * Ask for help. The collective knowledge within this community should enable everyone to receive help, be that technical, procedural or scientific. Just ask.
+  * **Step down considerately.** If you need to leave a project or reduce your involvement, please let the group know and make sure others can continue the work.
-  * Step down considerately. If your time within a project, or within the community reduces or ends, please do so in a way that minimises disruption to the community. Announce your planned withdrawal and take the proper steps to ensure that others can pick up where they left off.
+  * **Take the initiative.** Leadership comes from action. If you have an idea or see something that could improve OARC, go for it! You don’t need permission to make a difference.
+  * **Value diversity.** Our differences make us stronger. Embrace the varied skills, perspectives, and experiences of others, and work together to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome.
-  * Empowerment. We ensure that all community members feel empowered to lead, to take action, and to experiment when they feel that innovation could improve the OARC. Leadership can be exercised by anyone simply by taking action, there is no need to wait for recognition when the opportunity to lead presents itself.
-**Benevolent Dictatorship** The online nature of the community means that there is administrative ownership of areas such as the Discord server and the website, and whilst the staff does have ultimate power over those amenities, this community is expected to regulate itself through this Code of Conduct. Contact with the staff will be determined through the reorganisation process currently underway.
+=== How we work ===
-This Code is not exhaustive or complete, but it serves to distil our common understanding of a collaborative, shared environment and goals. We expect it to be followed in spirit as much as to the letter.
+Our code of conduct applies to both in-person events and our Discord server. We all share responsibility for our actions. Since a significant portion of our activities take place on our Discord server, we've established a small, light-touch moderation team to help ensure everything runs smoothly. For more information on how the team operates, please refer to our [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQNu37AqHE_12rfX1-9rikq8jmi6cpsLspB03mSuzMZZTK24ap6sCTYqeVsNfPg457S0Mt-B1GvWek-/pub|Moderator Guidance Document]]
+=== Our Commitment ===
+This Code isn’t exhaustive but reflects our shared values and goals. Following it can create a positive, inclusive, and productive community for everyone.