Kin-Yoobi Con 2008

 

Safety and Security Policies:

All Kin-Yoobi Con staff, volunteers, guests, venodors and attendees must adhere to the official policies of the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District as follows:

Sexual Assault Policy

The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District recognizes that sexual assault is a very serious issue, and will not tolerate acts of sexual assault on campus. Sexual assault includes, but is not limited to rape, sodomy, oral copulation, penetration with a foreign object, sexual battery or threat of sexual assault. The college will investigate all allegations of sexual assault and take appropriate disciplinary, criminal or other legal action in cooperation with the victim of the sexual assault. The college will also make provisions to assist the victim in securing support services including medical aid, counseling services, legal assistance, and victim compensation through our strategic partners. The identity of victims of sexual assault can be made confidential pursuant to California Penal Code section 293.

If you become a victim of a sexual assault on or off campus do the following:

  • Get to a safe place
  • Contact the Department of Campus Safety, police department, medical aid, or college staff
  • Contact someone you can trust to support you
  • Make every effort to preserve any physical evidence of the assault
  • Do not wash, shower, bathe, douche, or change, destroy, or discard your clothing
  • Do not clean up or rearrange the area of the crime scene
  • A police officer will arrange for forensic medical services as appropriate
  • Victims who report the sexual assault within 72 hours of the assault are eligible for victim’s compensation

Drug and Alcohol Policy

The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District strives to maintain a drug-free and alcohol-free environment. An attendee may be arrested, kicked out of the convention without refund, permenately banned from future conventions held under the name "Kin-Yoobi Con", or given a lesser sanction for good cause and in accordance with procedures consistent with due process for violations of the drug and alcohol policy. The drug and alcohol policy reads:

“On college property, the sale or knowing possession of dangerous drugs, restricted dangerous drugs, alcoholic beverages or narcotics as those terms are used in California statutes except when lawfully prescribed or permitted. District/college property includes real or personal property in the possession of, or under the control of the Board of Trustees of the Chabot-Las Positas District and all district facilities whether operated by the district or by a district auxiliary organization.”

The policy can be found under the Chabot-Las Positas Administrative Rules and Procedures Manual section 5512(A)(8) and the Drug-Free Workplace provisions listed under section 2315.

Weapons Policy

The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District prohibits the use or possession of any weapons as defined below. An attendee may be arrested, kicked out of the convention without refund, permenately banned from future conventions held under the name "Kin-Yoobi Con", or given a lesser sanction for good cause and in accordance with procedures consistent with due process for violations of the weapons policy. The policy reads:

“Knowing possession or use of explosives, dangerous chemicals or deadly weapons on college property or at a college function … Deadly weapons includes any instrument or weapon of the kind commonly known as a blackjack, sling shot, billyclub, sandclub, sandbag, metal knuckles, any dirk, dagger, switchblade knife, pistol, revolver, or any other firearm, any knife having a blade longer than five inches, any razor with an unguarded blade, and any metal pipe or bar used or intended to be used as a club.”

The policy can be found under the Chabot-Las Positas Administrative Rules and Procedures Manual section 5512(A)(9).

Indecent Exposure Policy

Indecent exposure of any kind is not tollerated at Kin-Yoobi Con. Being in cosplay does not justify indecent exposure. An attendee may be arrested, kicked out of the convention without refund, permenately banned from future conventions held under the name "Kin-Yoobi Con", or given a lesser sanction for good cause and in accordance with procedures consistent with due process for violations of the indecent exposure policy. The policy reads:
Every person who willfully and lewdly, either: 1. Exposes his person, or the private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where there are present other persons to be offended or annoyed thereby; or, 2. Procures, counsels, or assists any person so to expose himself or take part in any model artist exhibition, or to make any other exhibition of himself to public view, or the view of any number of persons, such as is offensive to decency, or is adapted to excite to or thoughts or acts, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

The policy can be found under the CALIFORNIA CODES SECTION 314-318.6 (as of 6/2000) .