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Code of Conduct

To cultivate a thriving and welcoming tech community, we’ve crafted a code of conduct. This code underscores our commitment to inclusivity, respect, and collaboration, ensuring everyone feels encouraged to contribute and engage. By following these guidelines, we can create a supportive and empowering environment for all participants. We kindly invite every member of our community to uphold the principles outlined below:

By participating as an organiser, crew, attendee, speaker, partner, and/or volunteer at our conference (PBIG.nl Gebruikersdag, Avondsessies, Kennissessies), you agree to adhere to the below-described code of conduct. The PBIG.nl organisers and crew will enforce this code of
conduct throughout the event. We are expecting cooperation from all people involved to help to ensure a safe environment for everybody.

SHORTENED VERSION

As PBIG.nl, we strive to create an open and welcoming environment for any person passionate and eager to learn about Microsoft Power BI, regardless of their background,status, and/or characteristics. We expect everyone involved in the conference to behave as an adult human being, with respect for every other person involved.

If needed, we are prepared to take the necessary steps to guarantee the mental and physical well-being of our attendees and will take appropriate actions if needed/prompted. For the entire timeline of the event (leading up to, during, and after), anyone and everyone can reach out to info@PBIG.nl to report a situation that requires attention.

During the in-person event, assigned crew members will be responsible and briefed to deal with any situation accordingly. These people will be made recognizable during the event,
and are listed below:

 

Detailed Version

Our pledge

We as organisers, participants, speakers, partners, and/or volunteers of the PBIG.nl event pledge to make participation in our community a harassment-free and welcoming experience for everyone, regardless of age, body characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, sexual identity and orientation, or any other characteristic.

We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.

Our standards

Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our community include:

  • Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
  • Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
  • Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
  • Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes, and learning from the experience
  • Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the overall community


Examples of unacceptable behavior include:

  • The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or advances of any kind Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
  • A booth set up or campaign that uses sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention
  • Public or private harassment
  • Publishing others’ private information, such as a physical or email address, without their explicit permission
  • Other conduct that could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting, or social gathering among adult human beings

Responsibilities

The PBIG event organisers and crew are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful. Our goal is to treat incoming signals with the confidentiality it deservers, respecting the level of details the offendee(s) wants toshare.

The PBIG event organisers and crew have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for moderation decisions when appropriate.

Scope

This Code of Conduct applies within all PBIG event conference activities and also applies when an individual is officially representing PBIG event and PBIG.nl in public spaces. Examples of representing PBIG event and PBIG.nl include using an official e-mail address,,posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed representative at an online or offline event.

Enforcement

Instances of abusive, harassing or otherwise, unacceptable behavior may be reported to the PBIG event organisers and crew responsible for enforcement. You can find the contact details above. All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly. All PBIG event organisers are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the reporter of any incident.

Forcement guidelines

PBIG event organisers and crew will follow the following Impact Guidelines in determining the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:

1. Correction
Impact: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed unprofessional or unwelcome at our conferences.
Consequence: A private (written) warning from the PBIG event organisers, providing
clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.

2. Warning
Impact: A violation through a single incident or series of actions.
Consequence: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, for a specified period of time. This includes avoiding interactions with participants during the conference as well as external channels like social media. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or permanent ban.

3. Temporary Ban
Impact: A serious violation of our Code of Conduct, including sustained inappropriate behavior.
Consequence: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public communication with our conference for a specified period of time. No public or private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, is allowed during this period. Violating these terms may lead to a permanent
ban.

4. Permanent Ban
Impact: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of our Code of Conduct, including sustained inappropriate behavior, harassment of an individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.
Consequence: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction with our conference. No public or private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, is allowed.

ATTRIBUTION

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 2.0, available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct.html.The Impact Guidelines were inspired by Mozilla’s code of conduct enforcement ladder.

For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see the FAQ at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq.Translations are available at https://www.contributorcovenant.org/translations.

Any questions based on our Code of Conduct or suggested improvements, please contact us via info@PBIG.nl.