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+# Operation Code Slack Community Guidelines
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+*Operation Code is a community platform with the goal of creating and fostering collaborations, participate in conversations surrounding the technology industry, ask for help or provide constructive and respectful feedback, and assist one another.*
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+**INTRODUCE YOURSELF**
+* Upon arrival in the Operation Code community Slack, please provide a short description of who you are, what you are looking to achieve while here, and how we can help you in the #general channel. 
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+**BE AUTHENTIC**
+* Please place your real name in your profile separate from your username and any relevant links to your Github, Twitter or LinkedIn if you wish. We encourage you to be transparent as this will create honest and meaningful connections and dialogue.
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+**CREATE DISCUSSION**
+* Respectful and positive engagement and participation creates and fosters individual and community growth.
+* Feel free to respond to the POC from the Outreach Team who will help you connect with others and provide additional guidance or resources.
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+**SELF-PROMOTION**
+* We value your individual journey and the projects you’re working on. Sharing your projects allows the community to assist you.
+* Submit requests for advice on #career-advice. For project promotion, you can post to #brags or #random.
+* If you are a recruiter, please be mindful about not soliciting or spamming members. You may post your positions on #job-board.
+* For code schools, please post all solicitations *ONLY* on #code-schools as this is in our Code of Conduct.
+
+**ACT PROFESSIONALLY**
+* Operation Code is a community of professionals. Before you post, please think about your content and be inclusive.
+* Operation Code is not Reddit, or a platform for posts that instigate others or incites violence, political ideations or affiliations.
+* As with any large group of people, disagreements will happen. We understand that you’ll have some strong opinions, but we still expect courtesy during a debate and expect you to refrain from personal attacks.
+* If we see members acting unprofessionally, moderators reserve the right to remove them from the community.
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+**RULE VIOLATIONS**
+* Being a part of the Operation Code community is a privilege - not a right. Failure to adhere to the community guidelines can result in your messages being removed (either automatically by our bot, or at an administrator’s discretion). Repeated violation will result in loss of access to the community. You are also expected to follow our Code of Conduct [ here](https://github.com/OperationCode/operationcode_docs/blob/master/community/code_of_conduct.md) .
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+## For volunteers and mentors
+*Volunteers and mentors are an integral part of our day to day operations and support for Operation Code! Your involvement and interactions set you apart as leaders and representatives of our community. We greatly appreciate your volunteering with us, and we understand that your personal and professional lives take priority over volunteer work.*
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+* In your role as a volunteer or mentor, we do expect you to behave in a professional manner with personal integrity in your interactions with community members. If you need to take time away from your role, we encourage you to do so and to communicate with OC Leads or Executive Board members on your absence so we can provide back-up staffing in your absence.
+* Our team respects that you may need to take care of other obligations in your life, and you may need to step away from OC to handle other things! Please note that if you are out of contact for 60 days, we will need to assume you do not wish to continue your volunteer service. For security, any volunteer-related privileges (email, elevated access, etc.) will be suspended until you connect back with us again at staff@operationcode.org.
+* If you encounter any roadblocks, issues, or have ideas on how to improve our community, please feel free to contact any of our Moderators, OC Leads or Board members.