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Consolidate discipline-related text (#432)
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Closes #418
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On the Team, as <a href="#fellows">W3C Fellows</a>.
</ul>

The rights and benefits of W3C membership are contingent upon conformance to the processes described in this document.
The vast majority of W3C Members faithfully follow the spirit as well as the letter of these processes.
When serious and/or repeated violations do occur,
and repeated attempts to address these violations have not resolved the situation,
the [=Director=] <em class="rfc2119">may</em> take disciplinary action.
Arbitration in the case of further disagreement is governed by paragraph 19 of the Membership Agreement [[MEMBER-AGREEMENT]].
Refer to the <a href="https://www.w3.org/2002/09/discipline">Guidelines for Disciplinary Action</a> [[DISCIPLINARY-GL]].
The rights and benefits of W3C membership [[MEMBER-AGREEMENT]]
are contingent upon conformance to the processes described in this document.
Disciplinary action for anyone participating in W3C activities is described in [[#discipline]].

<h4 id="RelatedAndConsortiumMembers">
Member Consortia and Related Members</h4>
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<h3 id="ParticipationCriteria">
Individual Participation Criteria</h3>

<h4 id="discipline">
Expectations and Discipline</h4>

There are three qualities an individual is expected to demonstrate in order to participate in W3C:

<ol>
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“Disclosure”
in the W3C Patent Policy [[!PATENT-POLICY]].

The [=Director=] <em class="rfc2119">may</em> suspend or remove for cause
a participant in any group (including the [=AB=] and [=TAG=]),
where cause includes failure to meet the requirements of this process,
the membership agreement, or applicable laws.
The [=Director=] <em class="rfc2119">may</em> take disciplinary action,
including suspending or removing for cause
a participant in any group (including the [=AB=] and [=TAG=])
if serious and/or repeated violations,
such as failure to meet the requirements of this process
(where repeated attempts to address these violations have not resolved the situation)
or violation of the membership agreement or applicable laws,
occur.
Refer to the <a href="https://www.w3.org/Guide/process/banning.html">Guidelines to suspend or remove participants from groups</a>.

<h4 id="coi">
Conflict of Interest Policy</h4>
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"title": "How to send a Submission request",
"publisher": "W3C"
},
"DISCIPLINARY-GL": {
"href": "https://www.w3.org/2002/09/discipline",
"title": "Guidelines for Disciplinary Action",
"publisher": "W3C"
},
"ELECTION-HOWTO": {
"href": "https://www.w3.org/2002/10/election-howto",
"title": "How to Organize an Advisory Board or TAG election",
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