From e5fbfc0d09e40a3e4932385161e1b6c03ec6f3be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Reed Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 20:43:48 -0500 Subject: Incorporate new preamble from dove --- code-of-conduct.txt | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/code-of-conduct.txt b/code-of-conduct.txt index 2c915a8..92f8c4f 100644 --- a/code-of-conduct.txt +++ b/code-of-conduct.txt @@ -1,15 +1,31 @@ SIPB Social Principles -Preamble: - -The purpose of these principles is to provide guidance and a baseline -for interpersonal interactions at SIPB, whether in the office, at a -hackathon, or in an electronic medium. These expectations are focused -on individual empowerment and making SIPB a supportive, productive, -and fun learning environment, where people feel comfortable making -mistakes and learning from them. We also hope that this document will -raise awareness of some common behavior that can be off-putting to -others. +SIPB is an awesome place for interacting with computers, but there are +people here too! Sometimes though, the line between these gets blurred +in our heads, and we end up interacting with people like they are +machines, which results in a sour experience for all parties involved. +So, we've come up with a set of core principles that we feel is +important to keep in mind when interacting with our mortal +counterparts: + +1) People don't remember what you tell them, they remember how you +make them feel. + +2) Be sincere. + +3) Don't be a jerk. + +4) Keep (1) through (3) *especially* in mind when interacting online: +email, zephyr, etc. Computers have a knack for making human +interactions less than human. + +Sounds simple, right? Unfortunately, it isn't. People aren't usually +purposefully being unfeeling, insincere, or a jerk, but it still +happens; c.f. computers vs. humans, we're not perfect. So, we've also +collected guidelines regarding common examples of where people forget +these principles and accidentally contribute to a junky social +environment. They're not comprehensive, but we think they catch the +most common pitfalls. Perfection is not required for participation -- cgit v1.2.3