From 2bf3447e2f1dd3daf4325f7fb63d83e972a93020 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sophiebsw Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 13:34:16 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] revise banning policy + relevant bylaw --- docs/user-docs/docs/bylaws.md | 7 ++++--- docs/user-docs/membership/banning.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/user-docs/docs/bylaws.md b/docs/user-docs/docs/bylaws.md index ff6cfe5..dee8411 100644 --- a/docs/user-docs/docs/bylaws.md +++ b/docs/user-docs/docs/bylaws.md @@ -89,9 +89,10 @@ amended at the Board meeting of May 7, 2025. Board member will not be able to fulfill their duties (e.g. due to medical or other concerns). -17. Any director who is banned from the OCF or has their account disabled due - to misuse will be removed from the board and is not eligible for - membership on the Board of Directors. +17. Any director who is formally or temporarily banned from the OCF will be removed + from the board and is not eligible for membership on the Board of Directors. + Directorship is not automatically reinstated upon this ban being overturned, and + they must follow the official nomination process to be re-added. 18. Committees diff --git a/docs/user-docs/membership/banning.md b/docs/user-docs/membership/banning.md index fd40688..43b8f23 100644 --- a/docs/user-docs/membership/banning.md +++ b/docs/user-docs/membership/banning.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Banning Policy --- -_As amended by the Board of Directors, December 3, 2018._ +_As amended by the Board of Directors, December 3, 2018._ # TODO date Any member of the OCF staff may propose to ban a user from the OCF for willful violation of OCF policies. Banned users may not enter the OCF lab or use any @@ -12,11 +12,32 @@ Once a user is proposed to be banned, all staff with any involvement with the user will be called to the next Board of Directors meeting, and those present shall testify. The Board of Directors may then decide to ban the user with a ⅔ majority vote. If the violation of OCF policies is additionally a violation of -the UC Berkeley Student Code of Conduct, the GM will submit a report to the +the UC Berkeley Student Code of Conduct, a General Manager will submit a report to the Center of Student Conduct. +In the case where there are urgent concerns about the wellbeing of the OCF or +its members, a user may be temporarily banned by a majority agreement of the +current General and Site Managers. A temporarily banned user will have the +same restrictions placed on them as a formally banned user. This action must be made +known to all members of the Board of Directors, although the exact reasoning may be +withheld until the formal ban process. This ban will lapse if not formally ratified at +the next regularly scheduled Board of Directors meeting through the regular banning +process. + +In the case where the power to temporarily ban a user would be invoked twice between +two regularly scheduled meetings, or for a second time on the same user during the +same semester, an emergency Board of Directors meeting must be held to discuss the +situation at the soonest possible time. If the General and Site Managers disagree +with the Board of Directors' decision to not ban a user, and are concerned about the +safety of the OCF or its members, they should escalate to the OCF's Program Advisor or +relevant campus departments. + If the user is banned, they shall be promptly notified of the ban and given a chance to appeal the ban at one of the next three future Board of Directors meetings. At that meeting, they will be asked to explain their actions. The Board of Directors then may decide with a ⅔ majority vote by secret ballot to uphold the ban; if the ban is not upheld, it shall be rescinded. + +In order to ensure the safety and comfort of any affected persons, users may +not be physically or digitally present at the Board of Directors meeting while +any details of their proposed ban are being discussed or voted on. From 8f562f55942fc4793bca65090fcac0e6db664f81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sophie Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 19:42:39 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] add language about written statement --- docs/user-docs/membership/banning.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/user-docs/membership/banning.md b/docs/user-docs/membership/banning.md index 43b8f23..9d8e56d 100644 --- a/docs/user-docs/membership/banning.md +++ b/docs/user-docs/membership/banning.md @@ -40,4 +40,6 @@ uphold the ban; if the ban is not upheld, it shall be rescinded. In order to ensure the safety and comfort of any affected persons, users may not be physically or digitally present at the Board of Directors meeting while -any details of their proposed ban are being discussed or voted on. +any details of their proposed ban are being discussed or voted on. However, +they may present a written statement to be read out by a General Manager +before deliberations. From 630a93b7b78e60576e6e45b7e23eb67becdea7db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sophiebsw Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 19:48:31 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] updated amendmant dates --- docs/user-docs/docs/bylaws.md | 5 +++-- docs/user-docs/membership/banning.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/user-docs/docs/bylaws.md b/docs/user-docs/docs/bylaws.md index dee8411..1e6d6d8 100644 --- a/docs/user-docs/docs/bylaws.md +++ b/docs/user-docs/docs/bylaws.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Bylaws --- These are the official **Bylaws of the Open Computing Facility**, as last -amended at the Board meeting of May 7, 2025. +amended at the Board meeting of February 4, 2026. 1. [Repealed] @@ -208,4 +208,5 @@ meeting of December 2, 2019. Bylaw 12.2 amended and bylaws 18.1.7, 18.3.3, and 19 added at the Board meeting of September 9, 2020. Bylaws 18.1.8 and 18.3.2 added at the Board meeting of April 13, 2021. Bylaw 5 and 18 amended at the Board meeting of November 17, 2021. Bylaws 3, 7, 14, and 16 amended, -and bylaws 20 and 21 added at the Board meeting of May 7, 2025. +and bylaws 20 and 21 added at the Board meeting of May 7, 2025. Bylaw 17 +amended at the Board meeting of February 4, 2026. diff --git a/docs/user-docs/membership/banning.md b/docs/user-docs/membership/banning.md index 9d8e56d..31b8c49 100644 --- a/docs/user-docs/membership/banning.md +++ b/docs/user-docs/membership/banning.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Banning Policy --- -_As amended by the Board of Directors, December 3, 2018._ # TODO date +_As amended by the Board of Directors, February 4, 2026._ Any member of the OCF staff may propose to ban a user from the OCF for willful violation of OCF policies. Banned users may not enter the OCF lab or use any