1. Purpose
The European Cycle Messenger Championship (ECMC) believes our community should be truly open to everyone.
As such, we are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, religion, age, caste, social class, job, bike and the type of cycling you like to do, among other identifying characteristics.
This Code of Conduct explains our expectations for participant behaviour as well as the consequences for unacceptable behaviour.
We invite all participants, volunteers, sponsors and organizers, as well as general public, to help us realise a safe and positive championship experience for everyone.
2. Awareness Team
To help achieve this, the ECMC 2025 will have during all the days of the ECMC a dedicated Awareness Team of organisers and volunteers that shall ensure compliance with this code of conduct.
The secondary goal of the Awareness Team will be to foster an awareness culture and encourage participants to recognise and strengthen their relationships with the wider community despite any differences.
If you see someone who is making an extra awareness effort to ensure our community is welcoming, friendly, and encourages all participants to contribute to the fullest extent, we want to know. You can nominate someone at the Registration Desk in our Headquarter.
3. Expected behaviour
- Be considerate, respectful, and collaborative. Help each other.
- Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory or harassing behaviour and speech.
- Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants.
- Help to keep clean and ordered any of the ECMC venues and locations, before, during and after any competition or event.
- Help us separating and recycling any produced garbage or waste, by you or generated by our event.
- Alert ECMC organisers if you notice a dangerous situation or someone in distress.
- Participate in an authentic, welcoming and active way. By doing so, you will be helping to create ECMC 2025 and making it your own, while strengthening our community.
4. Unacceptable behaviour
Unacceptable behaviours include, but aren’t limited to: intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory or demeaning conduct.
Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, ethnicity, age, caste, social class, job;
Unacceptable behaviours include also:
- Deliberate intimidation, stalking or following,
- Harassing photography or recording.
- Sustained disruption of any ECMC events or social events, not following the instructions of organisers, volunteers and especially the Awareness Team.
- Inappropriate use of nudity and/or sexual images in public spaces.
- Inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.
5. Competitions and events
All ECMC venues and locations where the competitions and events will take place may be shared with the general public; please be respectful towards all users and staff of these locations.
Help to keep clean, ordered and safe all ECMC venues and locations, and recycle always when possible.
Contribute to a smooth development of the competitions and events by following the guidelines and indications provided by organisers and volunteers.
Help other participants to do so.
6. Side and Socials Events
Side and Social Events of the ECMC are supplementary events intended to foster and strenght our community, as well as an opportunity to unwind after a full ECMC competitions.
They should also be places where attendees can feel safe and secure, and this Code of Conduct will be followed.
7. What to do – if you witness or are subject to unacceptable behaviour
Alert ECMC organisers if you notice a dangerous situation or someone in distress.
If you are subject to unacceptable behaviour, notice that someone else is being subject to unacceptable behaviour, or have any other concerns, please notify directly the ECMC Awareness Team; if not available notify any other organiser or volunteer, as soon as possible.
Reach us also if you have any doubt or question about this Code of Conduct – we understand that violations are not always obvious!
Organisers and volunteers that are not part of the Awareness Team have the obligation to report inmediately to the Awareness Team in the moment any incident or concern is signalized.
The ECMC Awareness Team will be available to help participants contact venue security or local law enforcement, to provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing unacceptable behaviour to feel safe for the duration of the ECMC.
You can also come to the Registration Desk at the Headquarter and ask for someone from the Awareness Team or organiser for assistance.
8. Consequences of unacceptable behaviour
Unacceptable behaviour will not be tolerated whether by other attendees, organisers, volunteers, sponsors, general public or staff at any ECMC competition, event, venue or location.
Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behaviour is expected to comply immediately.
Violations of this Code of Conduct and unacceptable behaviour will be noted by the Awareness Team and notified to the ECMC organisers.
If a participant engages in unacceptable behaviour, the ECMC organisers may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion from the ECMC, including any event venue or location, without warning or refund.
9. Contact
During the event, there will be an Awarenes Team available on all ECMC days to response and resolve any incidence or violation of this Code of Conduct at the moment or as soon as possible.
Before or after the ECMC you can also reach us by Email at info@ecmc2025.com – Note here we can’t change the course of events happening during the days the ECMC takes part!
You can also contact us if you need clarification or have questions about this Code of Conduct – we understand that violations are not always obvious!
We will follow up the development of any complaints raised during the ECMC days or raised via Email before or after the event.
10. Final notes
We want you to enjoy yourself at the ECMC, and we want you to do so safely.
We expect all ECMC participants, sponsors, volunteers and organisers to abide by this Code of Conduct at all ECMC competitions, venues and locations as well in any ECMC-related side or social events.
During the days of the ECMC, if you need help or are unable to comfortably or safely remove yourself from a situation you do not want to be in, organisers will prioritise assisting you immediately and discretely. Some examples are: not feeling well, your transportation arrangements fall through, you are intoxicated, you are alone or with someone you do not trust, you are overwhelmed, you have experienced or witnessed a Code of Conduct violation. Please ask any nearby event volunteer or organiser to help you.
11. License and attribution
This Code of Conduct is inspired by the Code of Conduct used at WordPress events and WordCamps, and is a direct swipe from the awesome work of Open Source Bridge, available at Open Source Bridge 2018 and released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.