Home for both new and old members of the Bay Area¹ Ops community.

The “Opsen” community is an invite-only group of individuals, centered in the Bay Area, focused on topics near and dear to work in the Ops side of technology.

Ground rules

1. This is a safe space. We need a place to vent, to speak freely, and this means no repeating or attributing sensitive information outside the group. Don’t talk about opsen in a public forum.

2. We are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all. We operate under the Rust Code of Conduct.

3. If you want to invite someone to opsen
   • You’re an adult, you don’t need to ask permission.
   • You will be held responsible for them if they misbehave. This has happened multiple times, so don’t take it lightly.
   • Do you think that the person you are inviting is interesting, a contributor, a good community member, and/or someone who needs this community?
   • You are encouraged to not invite people lightly; don’t dilute the community.
   • If you just want to bring a friend along once or twice, you don’t have to baptize them into the mailing list, community, and slack. Just bring along a buddy, and introduce them.

4. If you join opsen, send an intro. If you invite someone to join opsen, tell them these rules, and bug them to send an intro. It’s your job to communicate this and remind them. I feel like this is the main place we are failing: new people show up with no intro, there’s no context, and over time this makes it feel like less of a community.

5. Finally – Expect an intro thread every year or so. Just to re-introduce ourselves to each other and see who’s active as the group morphs and grows.

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