CW21 Event Safety¶
Ahead of the event, we attended a Zoom safety drill hosted by the CSCCE to test out the various security features available on Zoom, and to role play what it would be like to have to report and evict a bad actor and then deal with the fallout. The security features within Zoom make it easy to stop everything in order to eject a bad actor, but this can be quite jarring and disruptive for participants (and traumatising to those targeted by the bad actor) so ensuring a safe environment for participants from the start is of utmost importance. A Code of Conduct mandates standards of behaviour and interaction expected from organisers and participants.
Code of Conduct¶
The Code of Conduct was provided as a set of documents:
- The Code of Conduct itself: CW21 Code of Conduct
- How to report a violation: the CW21 Attendee Procedure for Reporting Harassment
- How the Code of Conduct committee will handle harassment reports: the CW21 Staff Procedure For Handling Reported Harassment
All of these materials were made available within the CW21 Participation Guidelines which participants had to have read and agreed to abide by at registration, and were reminded of throughout the event.