If the chair, team contact, CEO, or COO is the one accused of unacceptable behavior, they should not be involved in the decision to ban.
-2. Following violation of the W3C Code of Conduct, at least one warning, and at least one subsequent violation of the Code of Conduct, chairs, or team, may temporarily or permanently suspend participation by a person who has not formally joined the group. +
2. Following violation of the W3C Code of Conduct, Chairs may gently remind about minor Code of Conduct violations, such as inadvertent microaggressions in public (meeting, email list) using language such as, "As a reminder, Person's pronoun's are they/them." This shows support for the microagressed person and demonstrates what will and won't be tolerated without pointing a finger at an individual. All other discussions of code of conduct violation should be in private unless there is an emergency (such as active assault in person). If a chair must remind a participant about the Code of Conduct:
- -3. Following a warning, a W3C group chair and team contact may propose to suspend or remove a participant from a single group - typically for egregious and repetitive Code of Conduct violations - by making a request to the CEO.
+Note that the section on Safety versus Comfort includes information about prioritizing a Code complaint over a response to a complaint.
+After at least one warning and at least one subsequent violation of the Code of Conduct, chairs, or team, may temporarily or permanently suspend participation by a person who has not formally joined the group.
+3. Following a warning, a W3C group chair and team contact may propose to suspend or remove a participant from a single group — typically for egregious and repetitive Code violations — by making a request to the CEO.