Policies

Policies last updated September 29, 2017. Please check back for additional updates.

All attendees must agree to follow these policies:

• Sexual, physical, or any other form of harassment will not be tolerated. If you are found to be participating in harassment you will be ejected from our event.
• No live animals, including for cosplay purposes. Only service animals are allowed in the HUB venue.
• Naked is not a costume. Please be sensible in designing your cosplay or what you are wearing.
• geek OUT ucr is not responsible for any lost or damaged property.
• Please do not abuse the campus facilities. Do not litter or damage campus property.
• Functional weapons are not allowed. Weapons part of a cosplay will be permitted on a case by case basis. Those not permitted will be kept by convention volunteers at owner’s risk. We recommend using foam, cardboard, light wood, and plastic to build any prop weapons you may bring. Fantasy weapons (lightsabers, ray guns, wands, etc.) are probably fine as long as they do not pose any coincidental hazards due to sharpness/etc.

Failure to comply with any of these policies may result in your ejection from this event. Depending on the severity of your actions, you may get one warning before you are removed.

Weapons prohibited:

• Any functional weapon: Including whips, air soft guns, BB guns, cap guns, paintball guns, pellet guns, blow guns, crossbows, long bows, silly string, slingshots, water balloons, water guns, axes, daggers, hatches, knives, kunai, shuriken, real swords, sword canes, switchblades, brass knuckles, hockey sticks, clubs, nunchaku, baseball bats, mace, pepper spray, aerosol mustard, and any other chemical, sharp, blunt or projectile weapon
• Realistic replica firearms: Including reproduction, fake, or toy guns that can be confused for functional firearms.
• Explosives: Including firecrackers and fireworks.

Thank you to WWU Queer Con for model policies.