Colab Code of Conduct

These guidelines aim to support a community where all people feel safe to participate, create, and introduce new ideas. These guidelines apply to both members and visitors in all Vancouver Colab interactions, including:

  • The physical space
  • Monthly meetings
  • Special events: onsite + offsite (Eastside Culture Crawl, Maker Faire…)
  • All communication channels: Email, Loomio, Zoom, phone calls
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Code of Conduct

As colab members, we strive to be:

1. Collaborative

  • Willing to help
  • Willing to work together
  • Willing to compromise
  • Willing to share
  • Willing to learn
2. Respectful
  • Considerate of member's ideas and viewpoints
  • Considerate of member's space
  • Considerate of member's time
  • Considerate of the colab's tools and property
3. Inclusive
  • Welcoming to people from all backgrounds, experiences and abilities
4. Proactive
  • Provide input, ideas and feedback
  • Contribute to projects
  • Maintain the tools and space
  • Help to improve the colab
Zero-Tolerance Policy
The colab has a zero-tolerance policy for the following behaviours:


Violence and Threats of Violence
Both in-person or online. This includes incitement of violence toward any individual, including encouraging a person to commit self-harm. This also includes posting or threatening to post other people's personally identifying information ("doxxing") online.

Discrimination
Unjust treatment based on someone's:
  • Sex, gender or gender identity
  • Sexual orientation
  • Physical or mental abilities
  • Race or ethnicity
  • Physical appearance or attributes
  • Age
  • Cultural background
  • Social background
  • Education and experience
Harassment / Bullying
Repeated and persistent behaviours that demean, embarrass or humiliate a person in order to torment, undermine, or provoke a reaction from them. A single incident may constitute harassment when it is demonstrated that it is severe and has a significant and lasting impact on the complainant. The individual(s) must know or ought reasonably to have known the act/comments would cause offence or harm. This includes:

  • Serious or repeated rude, degrading, or offensive remarks, put-downs or insults, or attempts to exclude or isolate a person
  • Racist and discriminatory comments or offensive jokes
  • Displaying sexist, racist or other offensive pictures, posters, or e-mails
  • Unwelcome social invitations, including with sexual overtones or flirting
  • Unwelcome sexual comments or advances
  • Intimidation, threats, verbal abuse, blackmail, yelling or shouting
  • Comments destroying a person's reputation, repeated insinuations or unfounded accusations, or undermining a person behind closed doors
  • Invasion of personal space (getting too close for no reason, brushing against or cornering someone)
  • Regularly following or constantly waiting for someone, watching that person's comings and goings
  • Deliberate outing of a sensitive aspect of a person’s identity without consent
  • Deliberate misgendering
  • Undermining a member’s ability to work in the space or contribute to the colab

Consequences of Violations
If a member has been violent, discriminatory, or has harassed another person at the colab, they will be asked by the board and Community Team (CT) to leave the colab permanently.
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