Hi all Kupla members!
It is great to belong to Kupla as our club consists of many different awesome people. But since we are all different we done experience all the situations in similar way. It is thus important to respect each others boundaries.
There has been some innappropriate behavour and harrasment situations especially in Kuplas parties in past years, and thus two documents have been prepared to prevent such behaviour and to help everyone to resolve such situations if needed. These were accepted in Kuplas general meeting in September 2020 and they can be found from Kammio and Kuplaweb and all the bigger event.
Kupla’s operating model in harassment situations
https://kupla.org/int/info/kuplas-rules-of-fair-behaviour-and-operating-model-in-harassment-situations/kuplas-operating-model-in-harassment-situations/
Kupla’s rules of fair behaviour
https://kupla.org/int/info/kuplas-rules-of-fair-behaviour-and-operating-model-in-harassment-situations/kuplas-rules-of-fair-behaviour/
Shortly:
If you encounter harassment
1. If you become a target of harassment yourself or notice harassment, let the harasser know in clear terms that you want them to stop.
2. If you need outside help to resolve the situation, you can always contact Kupla Harrasment contact persons or board of Kupla kupla-hall@list.ayy.fi.
3. If the harassment case is severe enough to qualify as a criminal offence, contact the police.
It is difficult to set specific boundaries for what is harassment or inappropriate treatment. You can take it as a rule of thumb, however, that if someone experiences the operations as distressing or unwanted, they can be defined as harassment or inappropriate treatment. If you are not sure whether the things you have noticed are inappropriate or not, it is still worth bringing up the topic. Often, there is a reason for feeling that something is not ok, and it is better to interfere with even the small things than to not interfere at all.
Lets consider each others boundaries and make this diving/ under water rugby and after dive (AD) season a nice experience for everyone!
Best regards,
Kuplas harassment contact persons:
