Your safety and fun are important to us!

Ethics and Conduct

All of the following constitute grounds for expulsion from the convention without refund:

• Violating any federal, state, or local laws, facility rules or convention policies
• Failure to comply with the instructions of GobbleCon Event Staff or hotel security personnel
• Using anything in a threatening or destructive manner against person or property
• Endangering the safety of oneself or others
• Threatening, stealing, cheating or harassing others

If you experience or witness any of the above, please seek out GobbleCon Event Staff or hotel security to report the incident. If you can’t locate an Event Staff member, please report the incident to Hotel staff.

No Harassment Policy

GobbleCon is dedicated to providing a harassment-free and positive experience for everyone. All persons are expected to follow the code of conduct and work to provide a great convention experience. GobbleCon will not tolerate harassment, and reserves the right to revoke badge privileges, remove from the premises, and/or contact law enforcement regarding anyone found to be contributing to an unsafe or hostile convention environment.

We ask you to remember that boundaries and comfort levels vary from person to person. Do not assume that a behavior you would find acceptable is therefore acceptable to another person. It is each individual’s responsibility to obtain definitive consent from another person for anything that involves that person. The absence of expressed consent must be treated as refusal. It is likewise every individual’s right to dictate their own boundaries and be respected.

What Constitutes Harassment

Harassment is generally any behavior that alarms, threatens, demeans or excessively annoys another person or group. Harassment includes offensive verbal comments (related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion), sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, unwelcome sexual attention, and false accusations of harassment. Attendees asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.

How to Handle Harassment

If you feel that you are being discriminated against or harassed, or if you notice anyone behaving inappropriately (such as violating convention or hotel policies), we respectfully suggest the following:

• If you feel comfortable doing so, calmly point out the inappropriate behavior to the person(s) involved. Often this will solve the problem immediately.
• If you do not feel comfortable doing so, ask a friend or fellow gamer to speak to the person(s) involved on your behalf.
• If you do not feel comfortable talking with the person(s) involved, if talking to them does not resolve the issue, or you are still uncomfortable with the situation please report the situation immediately to any GobbleCon Staff member

Khalsa Brain Games, GobbleCon Event Management reserves the right to deny entry or remove from the Event any person who is in Event Management’s sole and absolute discretion is behaving or threatening to behave in a manner which Event Management reasonably considers to be disruptive of the Event.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact our site coordinator at japji@gobblecon.com or by postal mail to:

• Khalsa Brain Games, C/O GobbleCon
• 1032 Irving St. #1001
• San Francisco, CA
• 94122