Thanks Mike, that looks good. I'd agree with using this text - any  
objections from anyone (especially OGB members)?

S.

On Feb 15, 2009, at 22:49, Mike Kupfer wrote:

> Okay, here's my proposal for revising Section 4.2, with change  
> bars.  The
> footnotes are explanatory and not part of the proposal.
>
>   4.2 Censures, Suspensions and Expulsions
>
>  There may arise situations where the behavior of an individual
>  community member violates the Community's norms.
>
>  The Board will maintain an OGB Censure, Suspension and Expulsion
>  Process dealing with the specifics of notification, mediation, fact
>  finding and taking actions, such as censure, suspension of privileges
>  and expulsion.
>
>  A community member may only be expelled for behavior that has                
>     |
>  previously resulted in suspension of privileges for that  
> member[1].        |
>  Expulsion of a member is subject to confirmation by a vote of  
> the       |
>  Electorate Group.  The Electorate Group may also revoke the  
> prior     |
>  expulsion of a member.  The threshold for approving or revoking  
> an        |
>  expulsion is the same as the threshold for approving changes to  
> the       |
>  Constitution[2][3].                                                      |
>
> mike
>
>
> Footnotes:
> [1]  This requirement is the same as the current Constitution.
> [2]  Currently a simple majority as long as there is a quorum, as per
>     Section 2.1.3 of the proposed Constitution.
> [3]  My intent is that we not make "operational" activities harder  
> than
>     changes to the Constitution.  I thought it would be better to
>     explicitly tie the expulsion rules to the rules for Constitution
>     changes, rather than repeat the text from Section 2.1.3 ("majority
>     of the Electorate Group members participating in a quorate
>     election").


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