Schedule 1 23/04/01

FINAL PROPOSED CONSTITUTION
THE INTERNET SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND

Annex 1

SCHEDULE 1

1. A member may make a complaint asking for expulsion of a member to the President of the Society.
   
2. The formal complaint must be made within 30 days of the offending action.
   
3. The President will by e-mail to the last known e-mail address notify the member against whom the complaint has been made within 72 hours of receiving the complaint.
   
4. Any Officer or Councillor who may have a conflict of interest with the case must recuse themselves from any involvement with the following process.
   
5. The Officers of the Society shall confer within 14 days to consider whether there is sufficient substance to the complaint to warrant a further hearing.
   
6. If the officers find insufficient substance to the complaint the matter will not be taken further and both the member who is the subject of the complaint and the member that made the complaint will be notified accordingly.
   
7. If the complaint is upheld by the Officers they will prepare a formal complaint notice.
   
8. On receipt of a formal complaint notice the Council shall, within 7 days, appoint a panel of 5 Councillors to hear the complaint.
   
9. The panel shall convene within 7 to 14 days in a face-to-face meeting to hear submissions.
   
10. The member subject to the complaint shall have a right to make a submission to the panel. The hearing shall be confidential.
    
11. On completion of their deliberations the panel shall make recommendation to Council which shall include a summary of the facts of the case and the hearing.
    
12. The Council shall consider the panel's recommendation and within four weeks of receipt of the recommendation shall either vote to accept the recommendation or send it back to the panel for further consideration.
    
13. The member subject to the complaint shall have no action taken against them until the completion of the process, except in an extreme case when Council may suspend a membership until the process is completed.

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Last updated 23 April 2001