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According to our Statutes we have the following matrix on how we can handle Board member membership:
| Party to take the initiative
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Possibilities in grade of severity
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Legal base
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Decision / Approval / Consequence
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Appeal procedure
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| Activity organiser(s)
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Revoke from activities (offline, online)
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Chapter Friendly space policy
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Can attend other activities
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WMF Trust and Safety team
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| Moderator or admin
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Block user account temporary or for indefinite period (online)
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Platform community rules
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User can continue on other Wikimedia platforms
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Arbitration committee
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| Personal decision
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Activities as volunteer
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WMF Terms of use
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Only personal
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None
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| Activities as associate member
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Chapter statutes
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| Activities as effective member
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| Reduce ones actvities as board member
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Common agreement
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| Leave the Board on own initiative
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Only personal; replacement needs to be in place
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| Do not decide
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Proposal by the board for disciplinary actions
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| Board
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Do nothing
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Chapter statutes
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1/2 Board meeting
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General assembly
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| Continue only as treasurer
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Board can delegate a technical function
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| Decision to propose to suspend as a board member
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1/2 Board meeting
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| Proposal for disciplinary actions
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| Board or 10% of effective members
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Organise Extraordinary general assembly
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| Board or 5% of effective members
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Decision to suspend as a board member
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Chapter statutes
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2/3 Extraordinary general assembly
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Retry
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| Apply disciplinary actions
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| Revoke as board member with/without option as new future candidate
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| Revoke as effectieve or associate member
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| WMF Trust and Safety team
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Suspend a volunteer
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WMF Friendly space policy
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Described on Meta
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WMF appeal procedures
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| Revoke a volunteer
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The above decisions all have a responsibility or risk towards:
| Board
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Members
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Projects
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Partners
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Reputation
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Affiliates
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WMF
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General Public
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