these are our core values
These are our core values.
They guide us when making decisions.
1. Remember the human
- Be authentic, passionate, and empathetic.
- Treat others as you would in person, and remember we all make mistakes.
- Champion diversity.
- Default to transparency, and when you can’t be transparent, be honest.
2. Give people voices
- Create a safe space to encourage participation.
- Embrace diversity of viewpoints.
- Allow freedom of expression.
- Be stewards, not dictators. The community owns itself.
3. Respect anonymity and privacy
- You are not required to share more than you are comfortable with.
- Having information doesn't give you a license to use it.
- Allow people to be as anonymous as they choose, including ourselves.
- Value the candor afforded by anonymity.
4. Embrace experimentation
- Don't let "that's the way it's always been done" be a reason.
- Seek new ways to be better.
- Be willing to try new things and fail.
- But remember wheels don't always need reinventing.
5. Make deliberate decisions
- Make all decisions within the framework of larger goals.
- It's better to make an unpopular, deliberate decision than to make a consensus decision on a whim.
- Consciously explore options and impacts of potential paths.
- Voice disagreement; acknowledge that dissension is okay.
6. Be doers
- Turn ideas into actions and get things done.
- Don't be paralyzed by the status quo.
- Find the balance between perfection and progress.
- Build for the future and leave things better than you found them.
- Work is better when you're having fun.
- Don't take ourselves too seriously.
- Celebrate the good: recognize successes and reward accomplishments.
- There must be four subpoints to each value.
