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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
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

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The above decisions all have a responsibility or risk towards:

Board Members Projects Partners Reputation Affiliates WMF General Public