<aside> ❇️ Evolving Guidelines The spirit of these guidelines is more important than the precise wording. As our community grows and changes, the guidelines will continue to evolve to meet the community’s needs.

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<aside> 💚 Our community is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone.

We follow this Code of Conduct.

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🌟 Our values

⚡ Focus on action$\Large{ }$

This is a place for those who are ready to build.

No doom and gloom, no idle talk - help each other take the next step and get moving.

🤝 Participate and reciprocate$\Large{ }$$\Large$

Come in present and ready to connect, give twice what you take - and others will do the same for you.

🗻 Impact beyond ourselves$\Large{ }$$\Large$

Our goal is to change the entire workforce. Start with yourself, but aim high: how can your work ripple to larger systems?

🤝 WoCl guidelines for engagement

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WoCl is exclusively focused on climate work. WoCl is not a general-purpose climate forum. Only share discussions/resources whose primary focus is climate work. (click ► to cont.) **

▐ Litmus test: Does reading this help me or someone else start or advance their climate career?

Share positive, action-oriented resources. Resources and discussion should help others apply themselves in climate. (click ► to cont.) </aside>

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It’s okay to recruit others to your cause or share your service offerings, but not too much. This applies to commercial offerings, repeated promotions of the same idea, and other types of promotion. (click ► to cont.)
Do not cross-post to multiple large channels. Pick one channel that is the best fit for your message. (click ► to cont.)
Ask for skilled help— do NOT solicit for general engagement. If you ask people to engage with your initiative, it must be a request for meaningful help in a professional capacity. (click ► to cont.) </aside>

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Automated mass messaging is prohibited and will result in an immediate deactivation of your account. If your message could be copy-pasted to even one member other than its recipient and still make sense (except for names and other minimal changes, then it’s not personalized enough. (click ► to cont.) </aside>

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Give context to what you share. Do not simply post the link and nothing else! Connect what you’re sharing back to working on climate. (click ► to cont.)
Ask for context if missing. If you see something shared without enough context - feel free to ask the author on thread to provide it. (click ► to cont.) </aside>

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Check the topic at the top of the Slack window to make sure your post meets expectations for that channel! You can use the channel browse feature on Slack to see a list of all the available channels and find a best fit. (click ► to cont.) </aside>

$\colorbox{#028ba1}{\color{#028ba1}\large\textbf{—\color{#ffffff}Use reply threads\color{#028ba1}——————-——}}\footnotesize\textsf{\color{#143D43}}$

Use the “reply” function to respond to messages. Top-level messages in the channel won’t notify the original poster. (click ► to cont.) </aside>

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For general questions, ask for time only from those who explicitly offer it. See if your general questions can be answered by climate experts who offer free office hours before you ask specific members to meet with you (unless they offer)! (click ► to cont.) </aside>

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Because we are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we cannot directly support political activity.
Please do not promote or denounce specific candidates, referendums, bills, et cetera. (click ► to cont.) </aside>

🙌 How to be a great community member

WoCl is fertile soil rather than fruit - Give back, create virtuous cycles, and scale yourself!

	🙂 Good	😃 Better	🤩 Best
Found a broadly useful resource?	Link the resource and share what you personally got from it.	Do what’s “good” AND share how you think others might be able to apply the knowledge to THEIR climate careers!	Do it “better” AND organize a group of members to engage with the resources together, discuss amongst each other, and share your collective findings with the community!
Need help with something that others might also need help with?	Ask for yourself on ‣.	Do what’s “good” AND explain why it’s helpful to advancing your climate journey!	Do it “better” AND tag the folks you think could benefit from the information too! Generate a discussion in the replies among subject matter experts and those curious to learn more.
Want to meet someone from a certain company?	Post in ‣ ****and share how such a connection will help you in your climate work journey!	Do what’s “good” AND circle back to a relevant channel to share your insights from the conversation!	Loved the conversation? Ask if they would like to give a talk to WoCl, organize an event with them!