Introduction

The Zero To Mastery Community is dedicated to providing a safe, inclusive, welcoming, and harassment-free space and experience for all community participants, regardless of gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, socioeconomic status, body size, ethnicity, nationality, level of experience, age, religion (or lack thereof), or other identity markers. Our Code of Conduct exists because of that dedication, and we do not tolerate harassment in any form.

If you cannot be bothered to read this whole thing, here is a nice and short summary: Be a good human, be nice, and help those that need help. This group is about learning and for improving our skills as a community in order to better ourselves. If that does not fit into what you want to talk about, there are better places on the internet for you to have those discussions.

This Code of Conduct applies to EVERYONE in ALL ZTM Community spaces, including:

• ZTM Discord Server
• ZTM open source repositories
• ZTM Community events and meetups, online and offline
• one-on-one communications pertaining to ZTM Community business.

Participants violating our Code of Conduct may be penalized or expelled at the discretion of community management.

Some ZTM Community spaces may have additional rules in place, which are posted publicly for participants. Participants are responsible for knowing and abiding by these rules. We invite all those who participate in the ZTM Community to help us create safe and positive community experiences.

Consequences for noncompliance with the Code of Conduct may include a discussion with moderators, mediation with the participant you may have harassed, or as an absolute last resort, a ban from the community.

Behaviour

Appropriate behavior contributes to the health, safety, and longevity of the ZTM Community and includes:

• Participating in an authentic and empathetic way.
• Representing the ZTM Community in a positive, professional way.
• Using welcoming and inclusive language.
• Exercising consideration and respect in your speech and actions.
• Refraining from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behavior and speech.
• Being mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants.
• Considering what is best for the community.
• Alerting community moderators if you notice a dangerous situation, someone in distress, or unresolved violations of this Code of Conduct.
• Refraining from doing something you wouldn’t do in another professional situation.
• Remembering that community event venues may be shared with members of the public; being respectful to all patrons of these locations.
• Keeping an open and curious mind without making assumptions about others.
• Attempting collaboration before conflict.
• Gracefully accepting well-communicated constructive criticism.

Harassment or inappropriate behaviour includes:

• Spamming similar content in multiple channels and/or the posting of affiliate links.
• Community/Product/Affiliate advertising and promotion is prohibited unless approved by a member of the Management Team.
• Discriminatory language and actions that reinforce social structures of domination related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, age, race, religion (or lack thereof), or other identity markers.
• Excessive trolling or sustained, uninvited disruption.
• Insults or personal attacks.
• Violent or personally objectifying material.
• Gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behavior in spaces where they’re not appropriate.
• Unwelcome sexual attention.
• Violent language or threats of violence.
• Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm.
• Unwelcome comments regarding a person’s lifestyle choices and practices, including those related to food, health, parenting, drugs, and employment.
• Deliberate misgendering or use of “dead” or rejected names.
• Pattern of inappropriate social contact, such as requesting/assuming unprofessional levels of intimacy with others.
• Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease.
• Deliberate “outing” of any aspect of a person’s identity without their consent.
• Threatening to post or posting other people’s personally identifiable information without consent.
• Publication of non-harassing private communication without consent.
• Blogging, tweeting, or otherwise communicating with intent to harm someone’s reputation, i.e., “making an example” of a community participant.
• Intimidation, stalking, or following.
• Harassing or unwanted photography or recording, including logging online activity for harassment purposes.
• Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting.
• Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior.

Reporting Procedure

If you experience or witness (or have experienced or have witnessed) violations of the Code of Conduct or have any other concerns, please notify a member of the Management Team or Star Mentors on Discord, Reports of Code of Conduct violations should include as many details as possible, for example:

• Discord handles of people involved
• When and which channel(s) it happened
• Detailed summary of what happened
• Additional context / screenshots

Enforcement

• Participants will be asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately, even if participants do not agree with or fully acknowledge the behavior being reported.

• If a participant violates the Code of Conduct, community moderators may take any action they deem appropriate to maintaining a welcoming environment for all participants, up to and including removing the participants messages, permissions or membership from the community.

Moderators

Code of Conduct moderators will:

• Behind the scenes there will always be at least two people working together to resolve violations.
• Respond as promptly as possible to reports of violations.
• Make an effort to understand both sides of the situation.
• Keep each other accountable.
• Recuse themselves or be excused from handling an incident if they are listed as a possible Code of Conduct violator.

Sources

This code of conduct was adapted from here