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Zargon

Bylaws

Objectives

Good humored, cooperative, competitive, consensual torture, for the purposes of exploring strategies, design, progress and history of gaming

Members

• There is no single leader of the Zargon community. Zargon is a community run effort. All members are encouraged to participate in this effort.
• You may invite new members to join in gaming, but they are your responsibility.
• New invitees should come to provisional games (e.g., Friday games, or similar virtual games) for the sake of the invitee and the community.
• If community members at large do not like a guest then that guest may not be invited to future events.
• Members are expected to maintain basic personal hygiene.
• Members are expected to be gracious and respect additional restrictions of venue (e.g. no smoking inside; no young children; allergy considerations).

Games

• Exhibit good sportsmanship. Be gracious in both victory and defeat.
• Members shall play to the best of their abilities (and not for the purpose of antagonizing or targeting others).
• Cheating is prohibited and viewed as a grievous violation of the Spirit of Zargon.
• If after a few initial explanations of a game's rule, a member requires continual clarification, that member may be expected to abstain from the game until they can master the rules outside of a gaming sessions. Watching video tutorials, private study, or explicit "learning games" are the onus of the individual, not the community.
• Treat game components with respect and care, especially if it is not your game.
• Members shall not repeatedly gripe, grouse, whinge, or whine about the design of a game. Members are expected to have the self-awareness to abstain from games that they dislike.
• Members seeking to make improvements to a game should offer suggestions constructively by making concrete proposals for house rules.

Infractions

It is incumbent on members to bring issues to the attention of the community. An issue can't be addressed if no one else is aware it exists. Either bring up the issue directly with the other member or speak to some of the other members that you are close with. If they agree that it's an issue that needs addressing, the matter should be brought to the community as a whole for discussion.

Sanctions

• Apologize when appropriate
• Ameliorate the situation (e.g. repair or replace a damaged game; buy person a lunch to mend things)

Continued violations may result in ejection from the community, by process of consensus of active and long-standing members.

Code of Conduct

Our Pledge

In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we pledge to make participation in our community a consent based, harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, level of experience, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

Our Standards

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
• Focusing on what is best for the community
• Showing empathy towards other community members

Examples of unacceptable behavior by members include:

• The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or advances
• Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
• Public or private harassment
• Publishing other's private information, such as a physical or electronic address, without explicit permission
• Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting

Members asked to stop any unacceptable behavior are expected to comply immediately.

Thanks

This code of conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, specifically version 1.4.