Alcohol is generally permitted (and sometimes provided; check the drinks area for wine). Please donât drink if youâre worried you might become disruptive, and if there are people working donât disturb them. Because alcohol and tech stuff donât mix well together, please drink in the social area or meeting room and not at the desks.
Please wear clothes that you find most comfortable. Shorts, tank tops, gym clothing, sandals, are all okay with us!
We want to nurture a supportive, deeply caring, and encouraging environment for everyone who uses our space. This is best accomplished when everyone tries their best to be nice and be respectful:
Harmful or thoughtless behavior does not belong at our coworking space. This includes unwanted sexual attention, unkindness, repeatedly talking over someone, or not respecting someone's covid boundaries.
If you feel unwelcome or uncomfortable for any reason, please do let us knowâweâll do our best to make things better, because itâs important to us.
We want as many talented people as possible helping to solve the worldâs most pressing problems. A lack of diversity within a communityâdiversity of demographics, of opinions, of skill sets and of experienceâcan become self-reinforcing, which can severely limit the ability of our community to effect change. Even when we donât consciously exclude people, being the only representative of a certain demographic can make people feel uncomfortable or out of place, while in-group jargon and discussions that require specialized knowledge can be off-putting to new members. (While jargon is quite useful to communicate complex and nuanced topics, itâs good practice to define it if youâre not sure everyone listening is familiar with it.)
Itâs not enough to have good intentions - these things happen by default and through unconscious systematic biases unless we think carefully about how our actions will be interpreted, so we take this issue seriously.
For more about what culture weâd like to build, see EA Oxfordâs policy. We strongly agree with the aims they enumerate.
If somethingâs not right, even if you think itâs minor, please let us know anonymously here or contact us.