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The Rocky Mountain Geobiology Symposium is a welcoming, respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. Creating this environment is the highest priority of the meeting organizers and is the responsibility of all participants.
All meeting participants are expected to:
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Treat each other with respect to create a collegial, inclusive, and professional environment
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Notify the meeting organizers if they notice someone in distress or notice a potentially dangerous situation
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Engage in civil discussions
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Attendees will abide by COVID protocols at all times
Unacceptable behavior includes, but is not limited to:
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Promoting/participating in harassment, bullying, or intimidation on-site, online, or on social media
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Taking photos of posters without consent of the presenter
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Harassment including intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention
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Discrimination of any kind
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Physical or verbal abuse including attacks on ideas vs. respectful dialogue
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Threats of professional or financial harm
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Disruption or disallowing participation by others
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Criminal offenses
Anyone who is found to break the code of conduct at any time during the symposium will be asked to leave. Please report any prohibited behaviors to the meeting organizers: rmgeobio2024@gmail.com. If your concerns are with a meeting organizer, please contact daniel.s.jones@nmt.edu or sebastian.kopf@colorado.edu. If you would like to anonymously report an issue, please use this google form: https://forms.gle/TtHsXobWoMcgezdr6
COVID-19 Policy
Masks are optional on the New Mexico Tech campus. Therefore, during the oral sessions in Fidel, we will be recommending but not requiring masking for all audience members. Masks will be freely available at check-in. Attendees with fever, severe cough, or other flu-like symptoms are politely asked to stay home.