Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance Community Code of Conduct
Evergreen is committed to providing a safe and inclusive space for ALL riders to enjoy the trails, learn skills, and participate in community events and volunteer opportunities.
Our staff and local volunteer leaders have the authority to remove participants from Evergreen activities or to cancel the activity as a result of harassment, discrimination, or hateful conduct. Hate has no place on our trails or our work parties and will not be tolerated. These guidelines exist alongside Evergreen's Privacy Policy.
Participants, staff, and volunteers are responsible for knowing and abiding by this code of conduct.
Code of Conduct
This code of conduct applies in any in-person or online setting associated with Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, such as work parties, education classes or camps, community rides, social events, phone calls, video conferences, and online.
We expect awesome behavior!
- Be kind to yourself and others.
- Please keep your comments positive and constructive when providing feedback or direction.
- Encourage an inclusive environment so everyone is free to engage, participate, and learn.
- Respect materials, tools, the land and the environment we all recreate in and upon.
- Listen and respect our fellow riders, volunteers, educators, ambassadors, and staff.
The following behavior will not be tolerated
The list below of unacceptable behaviors that will not be tolerated at Evergreen events, education programs, work parties, social gatherings, or online platforms hosted by Evergreen.
- All types of discrimination; Treating a person differently than others based on that person’s age, color, disability, body type, fitness level, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and/or veteran status is expressly forbidden and will result in the offending person’s removal from Evergreen activities.
- Any type of harassment; Persons conducting any verbal, physical, electronic, or other negative behavior which interferes with that individual’s participation in activities and/or creates an environment that is hostile, intimidating, or abusive will be removed from Evergreen activities.
- Displaying offensive slogans or statements or hate speech; including but not limited to, on a person’s clothing, body, or any other form of display that are openly visible for others to see are forbidden. Persons displaying such items will be asked to cover or remove them. If they do not they will be removed from the Evergreen activity.
Failure to Follow
The code of conduct applies to all Evergreen spaces and participants are responsible for knowing and abiding by these rules. Anyone who violates this code of conduct may be asked to leave or be expelled permanently from Evergreen spaces at the sole discretion of the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance. The following actions may be taken against you or your content.
- Strike 1: Receive a message from an Evergreen Staff member with a warning on unacceptable behavior.
- Strike 2: Offenders may be banned from attending or posting on Evergreen events and platforms for 90 days.
- Strike 3: A person may be banned from all Evergreen events and platforms for life.
Note that in some cases, a higher level action may be taken, without prior notice or warning.
Any harassment or discrimination outlined above will not be tolerated. If you experience harassment or discrimination please alert any Evergreen staff or event leaders of the situation. You can report incidents to the Evergreen main office by email at .
Or submit an incident report via a Google form. Click the link here > EMBA Incident Report
Online Code of Conduct
This applies to our community calendar, emails, chats, social media posts, blogs, or any other form of online communication.
All events submitted to the Calendar are subject to public disclosure under applicable local, state, and/or Federal law. Evergreen reserves the right to restrict or remove any content that is deemed a violation of this event calendar policy or any applicable law. Evergreen Staff shall make the final determination as to whether to restrict or remove any content on the Calendar.
Acceptable Posting
Social events related to mountain biking, group rides, clinics, or Chapter board meetings.
- To enhance the sense of community, we strongly encourage users/ride leaders to use their real names, or first name and last initial, in their web profiles.
- Everything you submit should be your own work - Please don't copy information from other mountain biking websites or from guide books. If copyrighted information is found, it will be deleted.
- Evergreen reserves the right to use any submitted text or images in other ways online and in our marketing materials. Please include your name so we can attribute your work to you.
- Be nice, and treat others with respect and the way you would like to be treated.
Unacceptable Postings
Posts containing any of the following shall not be allowed:
- Commercial advertising for products or services.
- Profane language or content.
- Events that promote a specific religious or political activity or belief.
- Sexual content or links to sexual content.
- Content that promotes, fosters or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation.
- Solicitations of commerce (i.e., yard sales, sidewalk sales, anniversary sales, etc.)
- Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity.
- Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems.
- Content that violates the legal ownership interest of any other party.
- Information about, or content that encourages, riding, or building illegal trails, or actions that go against known land manager policies.
- Anything that is not appropriate for an all-ages audience.
- Anything that shows blatant disrespect of other people.
- Material that is taken from elsewhere without permission.
- Commercial content that has not been approved in writing by Evergreen staff.
- Political discussions not relevant to mountain biking.
Calendar Disclaimer
The Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance Community Events Calendar is provided as a community service by Evergreen. Some events may be posted by community members and may not be endorsed or supported by Evergreen. Though the calendar is moderated for posting acceptable events, Evergreen does not endorse nor verify the information included. If an entry includes a link to a website that does not end in evergreenmtb.org, Evergreen does not control nor review the content or operation of that website (see Privacy Policy). Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance guarantees neither the authenticity, accuracy, appropriateness nor security of the link, website, or content linked thereto. Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance urges you to exercise caution when accessing any unfamiliar websites.
Any harassment or discrimination outlined above will not be tolerated. If you experience harassment or discrimination please alert Evergreen staff or event leader or email the Statewide office at .
Or submit an incident report via a Google form. Click the link here > EMBA Incident Report
Failure to Follow
The code of conduct applies to all Evergreen spaces and participants are responsible for knowing and abiding by these rules. Anyone who violates this code of conduct may be asked to leave or be expelled permanently from Evergreen spaces at the sole discretion of the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance.
Any harassment or discrimination outlined above will not be tolerated. If you experience harassment or discrimination please alert any Evergreen staff or event leaders of the situation. You can report incidents to the Evergreen main office by email at .
Or submit an incident report via a Google form. Click the link here > EMBA Incident Report