The standard for Austin Creatives dinners
Austin Creatives is meant to feel thoughtful, warm, and high-signal. This policy explains the behavior, attendance, safety, and follow-up norms that protect that experience.
1. Core principle
Austin Creatives is built around small, curated tables and real conversation. The goal is not maximum volume. The goal is a room that feels worth showing up for.
2. Show up with respect
Be curious, be present, and let other people finish their thoughts. Do not dominate the table, derail the mood, or treat the dinner like a captive audience.
3. No harassment
No stalking, intimidation, unwanted sexual pressure, discriminatory behavior, or aggressive personal conduct, on-platform or off-platform, if it arises from an Austin Creatives interaction.
4. Hard-selling policy
Austin Creatives is not a pitch event. Talking about your work is fine. Turning the dinner into a sales funnel is not. Repeated hard-selling, pressure tactics, spam follow-up, or obvious extraction behavior may result in reduced invitations or removal.
5. Attendance and cancellations
- If you confirm, treat that seat as a commitment.
- If you cannot make it, cancel as early as possible.
- Repeated no-shows or late cancellations may lower your priority, reduce invites, or lead to suspension.
Reliable attendance is one of the strongest signals in the Austin Creatives system because it protects everyone else's experience.
6. Safety and boundaries
- Respect other members' boundaries, contact preferences, and personal space.
- No one owes anyone a follow-up, a number, a business lead, or a second meeting.
- If a member says no, backs off, or does not reciprocate, that is the end of it.
- If something feels off, leave the situation and contact us.
7. Contact sharing and intros
When Austin Creatives offers mutual opt-in introductions or contact-sharing tools, use them with respect. One-sided interest does not create a right to the other person's contact details, attention, or explanation.
8. After-dinner behavior
Any optional after-dinner hang, bar stop, or group continuation is just that: optional. Do not pressure anyone to keep the night going. Members should be able to leave without awkwardness, guilt, or social penalty.
9. Alcohol, venues, and judgment
If alcohol is present, use normal adult judgment. Austin Creatives does not excuse bad behavior because a dinner ran long or a venue served drinks. Members are responsible for their own consumption, transportation, and decisions.
10. Photos and media etiquette
Group photos may be part of the Austin Creatives experience, but be decent about it. Do not record or post people in a way that is invasive, misleading, or likely to make them regret attending. If someone asks not to be featured, respect that.
11. Reporting concerns
If you experience or witness harassment, predatory behavior, safety issues, repeated hard-selling, or any conduct that undermines the integrity of the room, contact info@austincreatives.ai.
12. Enforcement
Austin Creatives may warn, pause, reduce invitations, remove from specific dinners, suspend, or permanently remove members whose conduct harms trust, safety, or community quality. We may act based on patterns, not only single incidents, and we do not owe continued access to the platform.