Welcome to HackBeats, a tech community aimed for encouraging and promoting public speaking,communication skills, soft skills, best practices, technical expertise and opensource contribution in the field of Computer Science via conducting workshops , hackathons and mentorship sessions in an inclusive and welcoming environment

• Treat everyone with respect and kindness.
• Be thoughtful in how you communicate.
• Don't be destructive or inflammatory.

If you join in or contribute to our club ecosystem in any way, you are encouraged to follow the Code of Conduct/

Explicit enforcement of the Code of Conduct applies to all official workshops, in-person meetings, and events including:

• The Slack & Discord channel
• The Events, including AMAs, Gaming Nights, Zoom study call, work shops and mentorship sessions
• The GitHub projects
• Club Meetings

• Be friendly and welcoming
• Be patient
  • Remember that people have varying communication styles and that not everyone is using their native language (meaning and tone can be lost in translation).
• Be thoughtful
  • Productive communication requires effort. Think about how your words will be interpreted.
  • Remember that sometimes it is best to refrain entirely from commenting.
• Be respectful
  • In particular, respect differences of opinion.
• Be charitable
  • Interpret the arguments of others in good faith, do not seek to disagree.
  • When we do disagree, try to understand why.
• Avoid destructive behavior:
  • Derailing: stay on topic; if you want to talk about something else, start a new conversation.
  • Unconstructive criticism: don't merely condemn the current state of affairs; offer—or at least solicit—suggestions as to how things may be improved.
  • Snarking (pithy, unproductive, sniping comments)
  • Discussing potentially offensive or sensitive issues; this all too often leads to unnecessary conflict.
  • Microaggressions: brief and commonplace verbal, behavioral, and environmental indignities that communicate hostile, derogatory or negative slights and insults to a person or group.

• Expressing or provoking:
  • Insulting, demeaning, hateful, or threatening remarks;
  • Biscrimination based on age, nationality, race, (dis)ability, gender (identity or expression), sexuality, religion, or similar personal characteristic;
  • Bullying or systematic harassment;
  • unwelcome sexual advances, including sexually explicit content.
• Advertisement or recruitment for events, companies, organizations, etc - unless specifically given permission by Hack Club HQ.
• Posting spam-like content that disrupts the environment of the community.

If you feel uncomfortable or think there may be a potential violation of the code of conduct, please report it immediately by sending us a mail at hackbeatsorg@gmail.com

This was adapted from HACKCLUB CODE OF CONDUCT & MLH CODE OF CONDUCT