A friend on twitter asked us to recommend interesting conferences,
so I looked through my notes to see what I had. One event that
I'd made a note to check out further was
KalamazooX.
The focus of the event is on
"soft skills",
so I was kind of surprised when I couldn't find a Code of Conduct
on the site. The "What people are saying" section, on the other
hand, made me raise an eyebrow:
"I've discovered @kalamazoox is a hidden gem. Today was like a braver, more profane set of dev-oriented TED talks. Lots of passion and humor."
"In a time where organizers are censoring speakers and their content, @mjeaton and @kalamazoox is a bastion of freedom. He is a luminary."
"@mjeaton @kalamazoox believes in the open exchange of ideas, however uncomfortable, and trusts humans to think, collaborate and create."
To be sure, though, I asked the organizers if they had a Code of Conduct via twitter,
and got
this reply:
@shadowspar We do not have a published code of conduct.
Our entire conference is about communication, respect and passion.
I parse this as
We don't feel as though we need a code of conduct, because
we have a "culture of respect".
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