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+++ b/index.bs
@@ -327,13 +327,9 @@ Rights of Members
On the Team, as W3C Fellows.
- 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=] may take disciplinary action.
- Arbitration in the case of further disagreement is governed by paragraph 19 of the Membership Agreement [[MEMBER-AGREEMENT]].
- Refer to the Guidelines for Disciplinary Action [[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]].
@@ -986,6 +982,9 @@ General Policies for W3C Groups
Individual Participation Criteria
+
+Expectations and Discipline
+
There are three qualities an individual is expected to demonstrate in order to participate in W3C:
@@ -1008,10 +1007,15 @@ Individual Participation Criteria
“Disclosure”
in the W3C Patent Policy [[!PATENT-POLICY]].
- The [=Director=] may 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=] may 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 Guidelines to suspend or remove participants from groups.
Conflict of Interest Policy
@@ -5017,11 +5021,6 @@ Changes since earlier versions
"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",