Terrence Brannon wrote: > On 4/22/06, Nathan Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> If new information comes to light at any >> time during the 48 hours from application, directors can change their >> votes to revoke the acceptance, and the account can then be deleted. >> > > What sort of new information would lead to revoking within 48 hours or > membership as opposed to 48 days? What I mean is certain things can > get a normal member removed if he violates the AUP. And of course > these apply to the provisional member. But what extra things apply to > the provisional member?
I realized that I did not completely answer this question. Basically what I meant was that a provision member would only be admitted as a full member if he satisfied the normal criteria for membership, otherwise he would not be admitted at all. This is just speeding the process for getting people in the door. So your question really becomes "what would deny someone's application for membership that would not get a member kicked out of the co-op?" Obviously this is a subjective question since we don't have any eligibility criteria beyond "open to any member of the public who can meet the requirements of membership," and that kicking someone out is simply "for cause" when 2/3 of the members vote to do so. But here's my take on it. No-one has a "right" to be a member of the co-op. In general, we should be inclusive and welcome as many people from as many backgrounds as possible, but if someone is denied membership they have no cause to complain. On the other hand, once someone is a full member of the co-op, kicking them out is a drastic step. So if we have serious concerns about a potential member, they could keep someone out even if over something that is not severe enough to kick a current member out. Part of this is prevention--we don't KNOW nonmembers and we don't KNOW what will happen when they are members, and it's better to prevent than react. But mostly it's just the seriousness of expulsion and the effect that it has on a community. I'm trying to come up with concrete examples, given we haven't had to kick anyone out yet. For instance, if someone applied for an account saying "I want to use HCOOP to host my scat porn site. I sell pictures and live shows of myself taking a dump in various natural settings," I would probably vote to deny that member's application. On the other hand, suppose Clinton hosted a picture of himself on the crapper for the album cover of his latest metal album (sorry Clinton!). If he really wanted to do this, I would not make him take it down and I certainly wouldn't vote to kick him out. Does that make sense? -ntk _______________________________________________ Hcoop-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://hcoop.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hcoop-discuss
