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This has not been accepted and is only a proposal.

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.

We gain strength from diversity and welcome participation from those who embrace it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to gain mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge any prejudice that could jeopardise the participation of any person in the this group, the OARC.

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 require it to be honoured by everyone who joins the community.

Understand the diverse gatherings with the OARC and make allowance for the potential for misunderstanding due to the nature of the on-line text-based chat system that Discord uses.

Disagreement is no excuse for poor manners. Work collaboratively to resolve conflict, assume good intentions and do your best to act in an empathic fashion. Do not allow frustration to turn into a personal attack as community where people feel uncomfortable or threatened is not a productive one.

We can all make mistakes; when we do, we expect members to take responsibility for them. If someone perceives themself to have been harmed or offended, listen carefully and respectfully, and work to right any wrong.

Disagreements, social and technical, are normal, but do not allow them to persist and fester, leaving others uncertain of the agreed direction. Resolve disagreements constructively.

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

If your time within a project, or the community reduces or ends, please try to 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 you left off.

We can all lead by example, in debate and action. All community members should feel empowered to lead, take action, and experiment when they feel innovation could improve the OARC and our participation within the communications area. Exercise Leadership simply by taking action, there is no need to wait for recognition when the opportunity to lead presents itself.

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.

The following behaviors are considered harassment and are unacceptable within our community:

• Violence, threats of violence or violent language directed against another person or people.
• Posting or displaying sexually explicit or violent material.
• Sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist or otherwise (including neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, religion, etc) discriminatory jokes, language or imagery.
• Unwelcome comments regarding a person’s lifestyle choices and practices, including those related to food, health, parenting, drugs, and employment.
• Deliberate misgendering or use of ‘dead’ or rejected names.
• Posting/publishing or threatening to post/publish other people’s personally identifying information (“doxing”) whether physical or electronic.
• Personal or political attacks (including insulting or derogatory comments); particularly those related to gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or disability.
• The use of sexualised language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or advances; this includes sexualised comments or jokes, inappropriate touching and/or groping, gratuitous or off-topic sexual behaviour or descriptions of behaviours.
• Simulated physical contact (e.g. textual descriptions like “hug” or “backrub”) without consent or after a request to stop.
• Deliberate intimidation, stalking or following (online or in person).
• Sustained disruption of discussion.
• Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease.
• Publication of non-harassing private communication.
• Trolling: disrupting the chat, making a nuisance out of yourself, deliberately making others uncomfortable, or otherwise attempting to start trouble.
• Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior.
• Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting.

This list is not exhaustive.

This Code is not exhaustive or complete, but it does distil our current understanding of how to behave in a collaborative, shared environment.

We expect this Code of Conduct to be followed in spirit as much as to the letter.

Any member can flag perceived non-compliance with this Code of Conduct by <to be defined>.

<statement on how reported non-compliance will be dealt with, and by whom>

Continued failure to abide by this Code of Conduct may result in expulsion from OARC.