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title: Community Guidelines
introduction: >
  Sass is more than a technology; Sass is driven by the community of individuals
  that power its development and use every day. As a community, we want to
  embrace the very differences that have made our collaboration so powerful, and
  work together to provide the best environment for learning, growing, and
  sharing of ideas. It is imperative that we keep Sass a fun, welcoming,
  challenging, and fair place to play.
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  As such, the Sass Community Guidelines states our ideals as a community. It's
  meant to be a guide on how we work together and conduct ourselves, not a
  specific rulebook. It is a way to communicate our existing values to the
  entire community, and share our values with the ‘verse.

  ## We strive to:

  ### Be considerate

  Our work will be used by other people, and we in turn will depend on the work
  of others. Any decision we take will affect users and colleagues, and we
  should consider them when making decisions.

  ### Be open and inviting

  Our community has grown immensely because of the diversity that is found
  within the community. We welcome all individuals regardless of, but not
  limited to, their gender identity and expression, sexual orientation,
  preferred relationship model, disability, physical appearance, body size, age,
  race, or religious affiliation. We take pride in the the richness of
  experiences that have come to help develop Sass, and want to continue growing
  our community. In short, __everyone is welcome, except those who are
  unwelcoming__.

  ### Be respectful

  Disagreement is no excuse for poor manners. We work together to resolve
  conflict, assume good intentions and do our best to act in an empathetic
  fashion. We treat those who don’t use Sass with respect; they understand
  their own needs better than anyone else. We don't allow frustration to
  turn into a personal attack. A community where people feel uncomfortable
  or threatened is not a productive one. __Harassment of anyone, either
  within the Sass community or outside of it, is never okay__.


  ### Take responsibility for our words and our actions

  We can all make mistakes; when we do, we take responsibility for them. If
  someone has been harmed or offended, we listen carefully and respectfully, and
  work to right the wrong.

  ### Be collaborative

  What we produce is a complex whole made of many parts; it is the sum of many
  dreams. Collaboration between teams that each have their own goal and vision
  is essential; for the whole to be more than the sum of its parts, each part
  must make an effort to understand the whole.

  Collaboration reduces redundancy and improves the quality of our work.
  Internally and externally, we celebrate good collaboration. Wherever possible,
  we work closely with upstream projects and others in the free software
  community to coordinate our efforts. We prefer to work transparently and
  involve interested parties as early as possible.

  ### Value decisiveness, clarity and open communication

  Disagreements, social and technical, are normal, but we do not allow them to
  persist and fester leaving others uncertain of the agreed direction.

  We expect participants in the project to resolve disagreements constructively.
  When they cannot, we escalate the matter to either designated leaders at the
  event or within the community to arbitrate and provide clarity and direction.

  ### Be responsive and helpful

  All of us started as new and inexperienced. Even the most experienced of us
  may forget things. Nobody is expected to be perfect in this community.
  Questions are encouraged and those who are asked should endeavor to be
  responsive, courteous, and helpful. When off topic, please direct to the
  appropriate forum. Even when the question is common and repeatedly asked, even
  when the documentation explains it, remember that they have only asked it once
  and they may have read, but not understood. Ultimately, it is better to give
  no answer than an unfriendly one.

  ### Step down considerately

  When somebody leaves or disengages from the community, we ask that they do so
  in a way that minimizes disruption to the projects using their published work.
  They should tell people they are leaving and take the proper steps to ensure
  that others can pick up where they left off.

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    ### License

    Our friends at [Ubuntu][] and [Drupal][] have already worked hard to develop
    their own community guidelines, and we borrow heavily from them. However, we
    have made modifications for our specific  needs as a community.

    The Sass Community Guidelines are licensed under the [Creative Commons
    Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license][cc]. You may re-use it for your own
    project, and modify it as you wish; just please allow others to use your
    modifications and give credit to Sass, [Ubuntu][] and [Drupal][].

    [ubuntu]: http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/conduct
    [drupal]: https://www.drupal.org/dcoc
    [cc]:     https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/

    ### Adherence to these Community Guidelines

    We ask that all in-person and virtual gatherings of the Sass Community
    adhere to this code of conduct and take appropriate steps to create a safe
    and accessible space for all attendees. This should include the publication
    of a Code of Conduct that includes clear anti-harassment procedures. Please
    consult with us if you feel the need to significantly deviate from these
    guidelines by sending an email to:
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    We understand and acknowledge that the "Sass Community" is a loosely defined
    group of people who identify as Sass enthusiasts. We have no power to
    actively remove someone from the community. Ultimately, we can only use our
    voice to publicly declare that we do not agree with or endorse people or
    organizations who don't act in the spirit of these guidelines.