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7. False Identity Process and Removal - If it is determined with careful consideration by the Forum Manager or E-Democracy.Org that a participant's actual identity is in question, E-Democracy.Org will immediately suspend posting far that person on all forums until such time that a one page letter including a photocopy of a government issued ID with the full address and notarized signature (on the same page) is delivered to E-Democracy.Org. If no proof of identity is provided within two weeks, the e-mail address(es)Irnernbers accounts shall be deleted and banned from all E- Democracy.Org forums. Any identified individual found to have violated this rule will be suspended from all participation in E-Democracy.Orgforum's and activities for five years. This includes any and all e-mail accounts — associated with that person whether real or falsified. If it appears that fraud, forgery, identity theft, or computer crime laws have been violated, E-Democracy.Org will notify the appropriate legal authorities in the political jurisdictionmost closely associatedwith the forum. The only exception to this rule is the case-by-case prior approval by the Forum Manager and �- Democracy Chapter or E-Democracy Board for the use of an alias by someone under official court protection or participation by individuals in countries where political expression is illegal and the serious threat of oppression or retribution exists. As an exception to this section, the charters for special time-limitedweb-based online events on sensitive topics may be designed to allow anonymous participation with Chapter or Board approval only. 8. Appeals and Due Process - Any third or fourth warning may be appealed under our due process procedure to the local E-Democracy Chapter or the E-Democracy.Org Board should a local forum management steering committee not exist. At that time, the validity of the first or second warning may also be reviewed and the total number of warnings reduced if any of the Forum Manager warnings are overturned. A forum member's suspension shall remain in effect during the review process. The review process may last no more than three weeks from confirmation that the appeal was received. 9. Technical Removal - Technical maintenance, full �mail inboxes, or excessive bounced messages may cause a member to be temporarily or technically removed from the forum or result in a delayed distribution of their posts. In these cases, the member may rej oin the forum at any time. 10. Mission Responsibilities � It is the responsibility of the E-Democracy Board to develop and protect each forum as an organizational initiative within the non-profit mission of E-Democracy.Org. The E- Democracy Board reserves the right to remove any participant upon careful consideration and stipulate the terms and duration of that removal. Notices on such removals will be linked from the rules section the E-Democracy.Org website. Roseville Issues Forum Project: Tim Erickson, 651-246-5045 or tirr€Cc'�e-democracv.orq Page 9 6 June 2006