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6LLVM CoC Incident Reporting Guide
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9First of all, please do not feel like you may be a burden to us by reporting
10incidents. We consider reports an opportunity for us to act: by knowing about
11an incident, we can act on it if appropriate, and reduce continuation of
12problematic behavior.  If we don't know, we can't learn or take any appropriate
13actions.
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15If you are not sure the situation being reported was a :doc:`Code of
16Conduct<CodeOfConduct>` violation, we encourage you to still report it. We
17would much rather have reports where we decide to take no action, rather than
18miss a report of an actual violation. There is no harm in reporting an incident
19which is later determined not to be a violation, and knowing about incidents
20that are not violations can also help us to improve the Code of Conduct or the
21processes surrounding it.
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23Reporting and Contact Information
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26* For any incident involving an online platform (e.g., mailing lists, forums,
27  irc/discord/slack, etc) we ask that you make any reports by emailing
28  conduct@llvm.org. This is received by all members of the CoC Committee.
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30* For LLVM Developers' Meetings, please file a report with the on-site Code
31  of Conduct team. Their names and contact details are listed on the event
32  webpage. You can also approach any other staff member, who can be
33  identified by special badges and often found at the registration desk,
34  to help you locate a member of the Code of Conduct team. All incidents
35  reported in-person at a LLVM Developers' Meeting will be emailed to the
36  Code of Conduct Committee.
37
38* For meetups, please report the incident to the local meetup organizers first
39  and then email conduct@llvm.org with your report. Each meetup will have a
40  contact listed on the associated meetup page. If you feel the incident was
41  not well handled by the local organizers, please include this information in
42  your email to conduct@llvm.org. All meetup organizers who receive an
43  in-person report are also asked to email conduct@llvm.org with the
44  incident information.
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47If you believe anyone is in physical danger, please notify appropriate law
48enforcement first. If you are unsure what law enforcement agency is
49appropriate, please include this in your report and we will attempt to notify
50them.
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52Guidelines for Reporting Incidents
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54
55Please email conduct@llvm.org with the following details (if possible):
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57* Your contact info (so we can get in touch with you). Include email and
58  optionally a phone number.
59* Names or descriptions of anyone who was involved or who witnessed the
60  incident.
61* When and where the incident occurred. Please be as specific as possible.
62* Your account of what occurred. If there is a written record (e.g. emails,
63  forum links, tweets, Slack, or Discord messages) please include screenshots,
64  as well as any available link.
65* Any extra context you believe existed for the incident.
66* If you believe this incident is ongoing.
67* If you have concerns about retaliation or your personal safety, please note
68  those concerns in your report.
69* Any other information you believe we should have.
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71If you are unable to provide all of this information, please still make the
72report and include as much information as you have.
73
74When handling a report, we follow our :doc:`Response Guide <ResponseGuide>`.
75
76Confidentiality
77===============
78
79All reports will be kept confidential with details shared only with the Code of
80Conduct committee members. In the case that a CoC committee member is involved
81in a report, the member will be asked to recuse themselves from ongoing
82conversations, and they will not have access to any reports at any time.
83Resolution action may also include removal of that member from the CoC
84committee.
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86Some incidents happen in one-on-one interactions, and though details are
87anonymized, the reported person may be able to guess who made the report. If
88you have concerns about retaliation or your personal safety, please note those
89concerns in your report. You are still encouraged to report the incident so
90that we can support you while keeping our community members safe. In some
91cases, we can compile several anonymized reports into a pattern of behavior,
92and take action on that pattern.
93
94Transparency reports will be published but will retain confidentiality. See the
95:doc:`Response Guide <ResponseGuide>`. for details on this.
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97Following Up With Reporter(s)
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99
100Once a report is filed, the Code of Conduct committee will handle the review
101and follow up according to the procedures in the :doc:`Response Guide
102<ResponseGuide>`.
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105Thanks!
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108This guide was created and inspired by the following: the `Django Project`_,
109`Carpentries Response Guide`_, and the `Write The Docs Response Guide`_.
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111License
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114All content on this page is licensed under a `Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
115Unported License`_.
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118.. _Django Project: https://www.djangoproject.com/conduct/
119.. _Carpentries Response Guide: https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/policies/enforcement-guidelines.html
120.. _Write The Docs Response Guide: https://www.writethedocs.org/code-of-conduct/#guidelines-for-reporting-incidents
121.. _Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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