Disclaimers And Rules

Code of Conduct

The organizers of pleb.fi want these events to be a safe, respectful, and productive environment for everyone. This is an intelligent and well-intended community, and we as the workshop committee are not inclined to tell people what to do. To that end, this code of conduct spells out the behavior we support and don’t support at our events and by attending you agree to abide by it.

The core of our approach is this:

We want to respect the privacy of all participants, so no photographs or recordings are permitted without the consent of the photographed individual.

We don’t condone harassment, undue interruption, or offensive behavior at our workshop venues or anywhere. It’s counter to our community values and counterproductive in general. More importantly, it’s counter to our values as human beings.

Examples of harassment include offensive comments, verbal threats or demands, sexualized images in public spaces, intimidation, stalking, disruption of sessions or events, and unwelcome physical contact or attention.

As an academic and engineering focused event, we do not allow public promotional activities.

Besides the public presentations and the streaming sessions, all conversations are held under the Chatham House Rule: participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed. Information disclosed during a meeting may be reported by those present, but the source of that information may not be explicitly or implicitly identified.

We’re voicing our strong, unequivocal support of appropriate behavior by all participants at our events. We invite you to help us make pleb.fi a place that is welcoming and respectful to all participants, regardless of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, national origin, ethnicity, or religion. So that everyone can focus on the event itself, and the collaboration and community richness that happens when we get together in person, we will not tolerate harassment of workshop participants in any form—in person or online.

We expect all participants—attendees, presenters, sponsors, and volunteers—to follow the Code of Conduct during the workshop. This includes dialogue conducted during the workshop, at workshop-related social events, at off-site locations, in side conversations, as well as in related online communities, chat and social media.

Participants who are asked by a participant, organizer, or other attendee to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. Workshop participants violating this Code of Conduct may be expelled from the workshop and online fora without a refund, and/or banned from future pleb.fi events, at the discretion of the organizing committee.

Please bring any concerns to the immediate attention of the event staff. We thank our participants for your help in keeping our events welcoming, respectful, and friendly to all participants.

Thanks to the folks at O’Reilly and Scaling Bitcoin, from whom this Code of Conduct is heavily drawn.

COVID-19 Event Liability Disclaimer

In order to help mitigate the risk of transmission of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and any resulting disease (together with any mutation, adaptation, or variation thereof, “COVID-19”) and other contagious illnesses, we ask that all attendees agree to the following:Stay-at-Home. You agree that you will not attend if any one or more of the following is true on any day of the event:

• Within the 14 days prior to or during the event, you have tested positive for, or been exposed to someone who has tested positive for, COVID-19;
• Within the 48 hours prior to or during the event, you have experienced symptoms of COVID-19 (e.g., a fever of 100.4⁰F or higher, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills, repeated shaking, muscle pain/achiness, headache, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, nasal congestion, runny nose, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue or any other symptoms associated with COVID-19 identified by the Centers for Disease Control);
• Within the 48 hours prior to or during the event, you have experienced symptoms of COVID-19 (e.g., a fever of 100.4⁰F or higher, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills, repeated shaking, muscle pain/achiness, headache, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, nasal congestion, runny nose, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue or any other symptoms associated with COVID-19 identified by the Centers for Disease Control); = Within the 14 days prior to or during the event, you have traveled to any state or international territory identified by federal or applicable local governments as being subject to travel or quarantine advisories due to COVID-19. Acknowledgments of COVID-19 and Other Risks. You fully understand that
  1. the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and any resulting disease (together with any mutation, adaptation, or variation thereof, “COVID-19”) is an extremely contagious disease that can lead to severe illness and death, and there is an inherent danger and risk of exposure to COVID-19 in any place where people are present;
  2. no precautions can eliminate the risk of exposure to COVID-19;
  3. while people of all ages and health conditions can be and have been adversely affected by COVID-19, according to public health authorities
     1. people with certain underlying medical conditions are or may be especially vulnerable, including, but not limited to, people with chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, moderate to severe asthma, liver disease, compromised immune systems (including as a result of organ transplant), obesity, serious heart conditions, sickle cell disease, and type 2 diabetes, and
     2. the risk of severe illness from the contraction of COVID-19 increases steadily with age, and contracting COVID-19 can result in the further transmission of COVID-19 to my spouse, family members, and other contacts; and
  4. exposure to COVID-19 can result in being subject to quarantine requirements, illness, disability, other short-term and long-term health effects, and/or death, regardless of age or health condition.

YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND AND KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY ASSUME ALL RISKS RELATED TO MY ENTRY INTO, AND PRESENCE IN, THE EVENT, WHICH MAY INCLUDE AN INCREASED RISK OF EXPOSURE TO ILLNESS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, COVID-19), PERSONAL INJURY, DISABILITY, OTHER SHORT-TERM OR LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS, AND/OR DEATH, WHICH MIGHT RESULT FROM THE ACTIONS, INACTIONS, OR NEGLIGENCE OF MYSELF, ANY OF THE EVENT ORGANIZERS OR HOSTS, OR OTHER THIRD PARTIES. YOU ACCEPT PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY AND ALL DAMAGES, LIABILITY, AND OTHER LOSSES THAT YOU OR ANY OF YOUR RELATED PERSONS MAY INCUR IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING RISKS.