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