Core Roles Safety

The PyCon AU Code of Conduct exists to ensure all attendees are safe, and feel safe, at PyCon AU. The Head of Safety focuses on providing that safety.

The Head of Safety's main responsibilities are:

• Lead the safety team: Recruit, organise, and run a team of volunteers to address safety issues as they arise.
• Address safety issues (along with the safety team): Be a point of contact for attendees to report or discuss potential safety issues, both in-person and by answering the safety phone. Discuss safety issues with people who have experienced, witnessed, or committed them. Talk to attendees about acceptable behaviour at PyCon AU.
• Safety guidelines (in collaboration with the conference director): Create and update guidelines on how to identify and address safety issues.
• Lead by example: We aim to run a respectful and inclusive conference. The Head of Safety should address safety issues in a respectful and inclusive manner.
• Transparency: Inform the core team about what types of safety issues are being encountered and how they are being resolved.
• Process improvement: Provide input to core team about how we can improve our practices to avoid or mitigate safety issues.