The organizers are committed to making this meeting productive and enjoyable for everyone, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, nationality, political affiliation, religion, ability status, physical appearance or educational background. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of participants in any form (definitions provided below). Harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary comments or jokes are inappropriate. Sexual language and imagery, along with offensive comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race or religion are also inappropriate.
Attendance at the Wagga2026/AC2MP2026 meeting implies consent to abide by this code of conduct. Explicitly, please follow these guidelines:
- Behave professionally.
- All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate.
- Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other attendees.
Participants asked to stop any inappropriate behaviour are expected to comply immediately.
Consequences of violating the Code of Conduct.
Consequences may range from verbal warning, to ejection from the meeting without refund at the sole discretion of the organizers, to notifying appropriate authorities. Retaliation for complaints of inappropriate conduct will not be tolerated. If a participant observes inappropriate comments or actions and personal intervention seems appropriate and safe, they should be considerate of all parties before intervening.
Acknowledgements of the Creation of the Code of Conduct
This code of conduct is based on the “London Code of Conduct”, as originally designed for the conference “Accurate Astrophysics. Correct Cosmology”, held in London in July 2015. The London Code was adapted with permission by Andrew Pontzen and Hiranya Peiris from a document by Software Carpentry, which itself derives from original Creative Commons documents by PyCon and Geek Feminism. It is released under a CC-Zero license for reuse.
A version of the London Code of Conduct was sourced from CASCA Manitoba 2016 and was accessed at: http://astro.physics.umanitoba.ca/casca2016/index.php/code-of-conduct/ (5 June 2021).
Additional definitions and review of text has been sourced (with permission) from:
ARC Exciton Science (2020) Code of Conduct, Accessed on: 5 June 2021
