PARTICIPANT CODE OF CONDUCT

The Commuter Rail Coalition is committed to fostering a positive, inclusive experience for all who engage in Coalition activities, which includes a commitment to provide a safe, productive and welcoming environment during CRC events. To that end, CRC has implemented the following policies to guide its own operations and to set expectations for individual conduct in the community.

The CRC Summit and all CRC activities are dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, nationality, race, or religion. We expect our attendees and speakers to contribute to a professional and respectful atmosphere. All attendees, speakers, exhibitors, organizers, and volunteers are expected to comply with the Code of Conduct at all CRC-related activities. Organizers and volunteers will enforce this code to ensure a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for everyone.

Unacceptable Behavior

• Harassment, intimidation, or discrimination in any form.

• Physical or verbal abuse of any attendee, speaker, volunteer, exhibitor, CRC staff member, service provider, or other meeting guest.

• Examples of unacceptable behavior include, but are not limited to, verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, national origin, inappropriate use of nudity and/or sexual images in public spaces or in presentations, or threatening or stalking any attendee, speaker, volunteer, exhibitor, CRC staff member, service provider, or other meeting guest.

• Engaging in innuendo disparaging of an individual’s character.

• Disruption of presentations at sessions, in the exhibit hall, or at other events organized by CRC at the meeting venue, hotels, or other CRC-contracted facilities.

• Disruption of presentations, online or in-person at sessions, or at other events organized by CRC online or at the meeting venue, hotels, or other CRC-contracted facilities. All participants must comply with the instructions of the moderator and any CRC event staff. Disruptive behavior includes conduct, whether verbal or non-verbal, that is intended to promote the agenda of an attendee or an attendee’s organization by presenting issues that are outside the scope of the presentation or that are not relevant to the presentation or discussion. Participants who wish to engage in dialog with presenters about such issues are encouraged to do so outside of the presentation, discussion, or other event that is part of the CRC event and in a manner that does not interfere with other attendees’ ability to participate in, and engage fully in, that event or discussion.

• Participants shall not knowingly and/or falsely discredit or malign the reputation of another participant, or defame, malign, or make false accusations concerning another participant, host, presenter, or discussion leader.

• The recording or transmission of any education sessions, presentations, demos, videos, or content in any format is strictly prohibited.

• Presentations, postings, and messages should not contain promotional materials, special offers, job offers, product announcements, or solicitations for services. CRC reserves the right to remove such messages and potentially ban sources of those solicitations.

• Any direct selling of products/services offered by speakers, industry partners, or consultants in any public area of the virtual platform or in-person is prohibited. Many of the engagement conversations are based around knowledge and expertise and are not categorized as a direct sales pitch. Selling must be conducted during mutually agreed-upon private video, audio, or text conversations.

• Participants should not copy or take screenshots of Q&A or any chat room activity that takes place in the virtual space.

CRC has zero tolerance for any form of discrimination or harassment, including but not limited to sexual harassment by participants or our staff at our meetings. If you experience harassment or hear of any incidents of unacceptable behavior, CRC asks that you inform its counsel, Chuck Spitulnik, cspitulnik@kaplankirsch.com(202-955-5600) so that we can take the appropriate action.

CRC reserves the right to take any action deemed necessary and appropriate, including immediate removal from the meeting without warning or refund, in response to any incident of unacceptable behavior, and CRC reserves the right to prohibit attendance at any future meeting. By attending the CRC event, the attendees specifically acknowledge that they will abide by this Code of Conduct and will comply with requests by CRC staff or counsel to cease the behavior that, in the opinion of CRC staff or counsel, constitutes a violation of this Code of Conduct or will comply with a request by CRC staff or counsel to leave the premises.