Online Amateur Radio Community Wiki

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 shapes 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.

We must strive to:

• Be considerate. We appreciate the diverse gathering of people within the OARC and make allowance for the potential for misunderstanding due to our use of the Discord online text-based chat system.

• 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.

• 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 collective knowledge within this community should enable everyone to receive help, be that technical, procedural or scientific. Just ask.

• 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.

• 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.

Guidance and Oversight Our online community, including the Discord server and website, is administratively managed by staff. While staff oversee these spaces, members are encouraged to self-regulate using this Code of Conduct.

Should it be needed, details on contacting staff will be clarified as part of an ongoing reorganisation to improve communication. Thank you for your patience as we work to enhance the process.

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.