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+# 📜 Code of conduct
+
+(The latest version can be found at [https://www.hotosm.org/code-of-conduct][1]
+
+Welcome to Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. HOT is committed to providing a
+welcoming and safe environment for people of all races, gender identities,
+gender expressions, sexual orientations, physical abilities, physical
+appearances, socio-economic backgrounds, nationalities, ages, religions, and
+beliefs.
+
+The HOT community principles are:
+
+- **Be friendly and patient.** Be generous and kind in both giving and accepting
+  critique. Critique is a natural and important part of our culture. Good
+  critiques are kind, respectful, clear, and constructive, focused on goals and
+  requirements rather than personal preferences. You are expected to give and
+  receive criticism with grace. Be considerate in speech and actions, and
+  actively seek to acknowledge and respect the boundaries of fellow attendees.
+
+- **Be welcoming.** We strive to be a community that welcomes and supports
+  people of all backgrounds and identities. Some examples of behavior that
+  contributes to creating a positive environment include:
+
+  - Using welcoming and inclusive language.
+
+  - Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences.
+
+  - Gracefully accepting constructive criticism.
+
+  - Showing empathy towards other community members.
+
+  - Placing collective interest before your own interest.
+
+- **Be considerate.** Your work will be used by other people, and you in turn
+  will depend on the work of others. Any decision you take will affect users and
+  colleagues, and you should take those consequences into account when making
+  decisions. Remember that we're a world-wide community, so you might not be
+  communicating in someone else's primary language.
+
+- **Be respectful.** Not all of us will agree all the time, but disagreement is
+  no excuse for poor behavior and poor manners. We might all experience some
+  frustration now and then, but we cannot allow that frustration to turn into a
+  personal attack. It’s important to remember that a community where people feel
+  uncomfortable or threatened is not a productive one. Members of the HOT
+  community should be respectful when dealing with other members as well as with
+  people outside the HOT community.
+
+- **Be careful in your word choice.** We are a global community of
+  professionals, and we conduct ourselves professionally. Be kind to others. Do
+  not insult or put down other participants. Harassment and other exclusionary
+  behavior aren't acceptable. This includes, but is not limited to:
+
+  - Violent threats or language directed against another person.
+
+  - Discriminatory jokes and language.
+
+  - Posting sexually explicit or violent material.
+
+  - Posting (or threatening to post) other people's personally identifying
+    information ("doxing").
+
+  - Personal insults, especially those using racist or sexist terms.
+
+  - Unwelcome sexual attention.
+
+  - Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior.
+
+  - Repeated harassment of others. In general, if someone asks you to stop, then
+    stop.
+
+- **Assume all communications are positive.** Always remain polite, and assume
+  good faith. It is surprisingly easy to misunderstand each other, be it online
+  or in person, particularly in such a culturally diverse setting as ours.
+  Misunderstandings are particularly easy to arise when we are in a rush, or
+  otherwise distracted. Please ask clarifying questions before assuming that a
+  communication was inappropriate.
+
+- **When we disagree, try to understand why.** Disagreements, both social and
+  technical, happen easily and often. It is important that we resolve such
+  disagreements and differing views constructively. At times it can be hard to
+  appreciate a viewpoint that contradicts your own perceptions. Instead of pushing
+  back, try to understand where the other person is coming from, and don’t be
+  afraid to ask questions. You can be most helpful if your own replies serve to
+  clarify, rather than to escalate an issue. Also don’t forget that it can be
+  easy to make mistakes, and allow for the possibility that the mistake may have
+  been yours. When this happens it is better to resolve the issue together, and
+  to learn from the experience together, than to place blame.
+
+Original text courtesy of the [Speak Up! project][1].
+
+Further sources:
+
+- [Ada Initiative: HOWTO design a code of conduct for your community][3]
+
+- [Algorithm Club Code of Conduct][4]
+
+- [American Red Cross GIS Team Code of Conduct][5]
+
+- [Contributor Covenant – A Code of Conduct for Open Source Projects][6]
+
+- [Django Code of Conduct][7]
+
+- [Mozilla Community Participation Guidelines][8]
+
+- [Vox Media Code of Conduct][9]
+
+## Complaint Handling Process
+
+As a first measure, it is preferable to work out issues directly with the people
+involved, or to work with other Community Members who can help you resolve the
+issue. This may take several forms:
+
+- Talk with one another. Assume that communications are positive and that people
+  are treating each other with respect. Cues about emotions are often lacking
+  from digital communications. Many of our modes of digital communication tend
+  towards brevity, which can be easier to interpret incorrectly as being negative.
+
+- Contact a representative of the [Community Working Group][10], which exists to
+  support the HOT Community. Representatives are available to discuss any
+  concerns about behaviour within the community, or ideas to promote positive
+  behaviours. You can email them at
+  [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).
+
+- Contact a representative of the [Governance Working Group][11], which drafted
+  these recommendations and the CoC. Representatives are available to provide
+  advice on particular scenarios, as well as on the processes around the CoC.
+
+- Contact the HOT Chair of Voting Members.
+
+- Contact a [HOT Board Member][12]. Board members are well versed in the
+  community and its management. They can offer advice on your particular
+  situation, and know the resources of the organization that may be available to
+  you.
+
+- Contact the HOT Community Partnerships Manager.
+
+When these informal processes fail, or when a situation warrants an immediate
+response by HOT, you can evoke the
+**HOT Policy and Code of Conduct Complaint Handling Process**.
+This process was adopted by HOT Voting Members in 2016 to provide a more formal
+means of enforcement for our community standards. You start it by emailing
+[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) with a description of
+your complaint, your name, and the name of the offending party.
+All complaints will be considered confidential.
+The full process is described [here][13] .
+
+[1]: https://www.hotosm.org/code-of-conduct
+[3]: https://adainitiative.org/2014/02/18/howto-design-a-code-of-conduct-for-your-community/
+[4]: https://github.com/drtortoise/critical-algorithm-studies/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md
+[5]: https://github.com/AmericanRedCross/team-code-of-conduct
+[6]: http://contributor-covenant.org/
+[7]: https://www.djangoproject.com/conduct/
+[8]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/policies/participation/
+[9]: http://code-of-conduct.voxmedia.com/
+[10]: https://www.hotosm.org/community/working-groups/
+[11]: https://www.hotosm.org/community/working-groups/
+[12]: https://www.hotosm.org/board
+[13]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xb-SPADtSbgwl6mAgglHMPHpknt-E7lKRoIcSbW431A/edit

mkdocs.yml

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       - Web Frameworks: dev-guide/web-frameworks.md
       - Testing: dev-guide/testing.md
   - E2E Diagrams: diagrams.md
+  - Code of Conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md