1. Purpose
AltCtrl.org believes our community should be truly open to everyone. As such, we are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, religion, age, caste, social class, preferred operating system, programming language, or text editor, among other identifying characteristics.
This Code of Conduct explains our expectations for participant behaviour as well as the consequences for unacceptable behaviour.
We invite all sponsors, volunteers, speakers, attendees, and other participants to help us realise a safe and positive conference experience for everyone.
2. Expected behaviour
- Be considerate, respectful, and collaborative.
- Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory or harassing behaviour and speech.
- Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants. Alert conference organisers if you notice a dangerous situation or someone in distress.
3. Unacceptable behaviour
Unacceptable behaviours include, but aren’t limited to: intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory or demeaning conduct.
Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability; inappropriate use of nudity and/or sexual images in public spaces (including presentation slides); deliberate intimidation, stalking or following; harassing photography or recording; sustained disruption of talks or other events; inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.
4. Consequences of unacceptable behaviour
Unacceptable behaviour will not be tolerated whether by other attendees, organisers, venue staff, sponsors, or other users of AltCtrl.org venues.
Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behaviour is expected to comply immediately.
If a participant engages in unacceptable behaviour, the conference organisers may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion from the conference without warning or refund.
5. What to do if you witness or are subject to unacceptable behaviour
If you are subject to unacceptable behaviour, notice that someone else is being subject to unacceptable behaviour, or have any other concerns, please notify a conference organiser or volunteer as soon as possible.
The AltCtrl.org team will be available to help participants contact venue security or local law enforcement, to provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing unacceptable behaviour to feel safe for the duration of the conference.
6. Scope
We expect all conference participants (sponsors, volunteers, speakers, attendees, and other guests) to abide by this Code of Conduct at all conference venues and conference-related social events.
7. Contact information
You can contact us at [email protected]
8. License and attribution
This Code of Conduct is a direct swipe from the WordCamp EU who had taken it from work of Open Source Bridge, but with our event information substituted. The original, original is available at Open Source Bridge 2018 and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.
In case we would be listed as a side event of WCEU, the WCEU statement about Socials or Supplemental Events will be applicable.
You can find this statement at the bottom of the WCEU Code of Conduct page: https://europe.wordcamp.org/2025/code-of-conduct/