of members from around the globe with a diverse set of skills, personaliTes, and experiences. It is these differences that make .Astronomy so successful, and which provide the unique experience our conferences provide. We expect everyone in the community to follow these guidelines. Our goal is to keep ours a posiTve, inclusive, successful and growing community. As members of the community and aWendees at .Astronomy conferences: -‐ We pledge to treat all people with respect and provide an environment free of harassment and bullying, regardless of sex, sexual orientaTon, gender idenTty, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, naTonality, ethnicity and religion. In parTcular, sexual language and imagery, sexist, racist or otherwise exclusionary jokes are not appropriate. -‐ We pledge to welcome all those interested in parTcipaTng in .Astronomy, and realise that including people with a variety of opinions and backgrounds will only serve to enrich our community. Discussions relaTng to the merits of various technologies, programming languages and so on are part of our remit, but need to be carried out with respect, taking proacTve measures to ensure that all parTcipants are heard and feel confident that they can freely express their opinions. -‐ We pledge to welcome quesTons and answer them respec\ully, paying parTcular aWenTon to those new to the community. As .Astronomy conTnues to evolve, we need input from newcomers, and each conference strives to include parTcipants who have not been to .Astronomy before. -‐ We pledge to be conscienTous of the percepTons of the wide community, and to respond to criTcism respec\ully. We will strive to model behaviours that encourage producTve debate and disagreement, both within our community and where we are criTcised. -‐ We will take acTons when members of our community violate this code. Incidents at a conference should be reported to one of the LOC, or by email to
[email protected]. This code of conduct is heavily based on the astropy code, which itself was adopted from the PSF code of conduct. It is licensed under a CreaTve Commons AWribuTon 4.0 InternaTonal License. hWp://Tnyurl.com/dotastrococ