Code of Conduct

1. Introduction

All participants of Phoenix Tunes Corporation are expected to abide by our Code of Conduct, both online and during in-person events that are hosted and/or associated with Phoenix Tunes Corporation.

2. The Pledge

In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we pledge to make participation in our project and our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, level of experience, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

3. The Standards

Examples of behaviour that contributes to creating a positive environment include:

Using welcoming and inclusive language
Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
Referring to people by their preferred pronouns and using gender-neutral pronouns when uncertain

Examples of unacceptable behaviour by participants include:

Harassing comments
Intimidation
Encouraging a person to engage in self-harm.
Sustained disruption or derailing of threads, channels, lists, etc.
Offensive or violent comments, jokes or otherwise
Inappropriate sexual content
Unwelcome sexual or otherwise aggressive attention
Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease
Distribution or threat of distribution of people's personally identifying information, AKA “doxxing”

Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, public or private harassment
Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic address, without explicit permission
Not being respectful to reasonable communication boundaries, such as "leave me alone," "go away," "do not disturb me," or "I’m not discussing this with you."
The usage of sexualised language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or advances
Starting and/or participating in arguments related to politics
Assuming or promoting any kind of inequality including but not limited to: age, body size, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, nationality and race, personal appearance, religion, or sexual identity and orientation
Drug promotion of any kind
Attacking personal tastes
Other conduct which you know could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting.

4. Consequences for failing to comply with this policy

Consequences for failing to comply with this policy may include, at the sole discretion of the Phoenix community moderators:

a request for an apology;
a private or public warning or reprimand;
a temporary ban from the mailing list, blog, Phoenix Tunes repository or organization, or other Phoenix Tunes-supported communication group, including loss of committer status;
a permanent ban from any of the above, or from all current and future Phoenix Tunes-supported or Phoenix Tunes-supported communities, including loss of committer status.

Participants warned to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately; failure to do so will result in an escalation of consequences.

5. Enforcement

You are empowered to politely engage when you feel that you or others are disrespected. The person making you feel uncomfortable may not be aware of what they are doing - politely bringing their behavior to their attention is encouraged.

Violations of the Code of Conduct may be reported by sending an email to info.phoenixtunes@gmail.com. All reports will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.

We hold the right and responsibility to remove comments or other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or permanently any members for other behaviours that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.

While all reports will be taken seriously, the Phoenix community moderators may not act on complaints that they feel are not violations of this code of conduct.