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