4. Moderation Procedures and Transparency

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4.  Moderation Procedures and Transparency

   Within the bounds of the policies set herein, the moderator team
   shall develop and maintain procedures and criteria relating to
   moderation, including the moderator team's own operating procedures.

   Those procedures and criteria shall be developed with community
   input, be approved by the IESG prior to going into effect, and be
   made public.  However, they need not be documented in the RFC Series.
   This shall be the first task for the moderator team.  Until those
   procedures and criteria are established, all previous processes
   referenced in Section 1 shall remain in effect.

   The intent of this memo is to provide the widest possible freedom of
   action to administrators and moderators, with the expectation that
   the minimal actions necessary will be taken.  Those who are directed
   to stop disrupting a forum must do so immediately.  Further
   disruptions may lead to further corrective actions.

   Examples of actions that could be taken include:

   *  Automated rate-limiting mechanisms;

   *  Review and approval of submissions/messages;

   *  A private or public admonishment;

   *  Temporary or indefinite suspension of participation privileges in
      one or more fora.

   These are only examples and are not in any way prescriptive.
   Administrators and moderators are free to decide on these or other
   actions.

   All moderation actions that restrict participation privileges shall
   be immediately reported to those against whom those actions take
   effect, to relevant administrators, and to the moderator team for
   their review.  They shall also be periodically reported to the IESG.

   Only moderation actions suspending participation privileges for
   longer than fourteen (14) days must be reported to the forum to which
   such an action applies, or in any event, at the request of the
   suspended person.  If such an action applies to more than one forum,
   it should be communicated to the community in a manner decided by the
   IESG.

   Moderators will periodically provide an aggregate report to the
   community on actions taken under this policy.

4.1.  Consistency and Conflict Resolution

   Administrators and moderators shall act in a manner consistent with
   this memo and the guidelines approved by the IESG.  In cases of
   disagreement over a moderation decision, anyone may take the matter
   up with the responsible area director for resolution, or with the
   IETF Chair if a responsible area director cannot be determined or is
   not assigned.  If the disagreement cannot be resolved by the area
   director, that person may then appeal to the IESG and subsequently to
   the IAB using the processes stated in Sections 6.5.1 and 6.5.4 of
   [RFC2026].

4.2.  Reinstatement

   People and circumstances change.  Individuals whose participation
   privileges have been indefinitely suspended from a forum may request
   reinstatement.  Requests for reinstatement may be made no earlier
   than a year after the initial decision and then only annually
   afterward.

   Any such request must be directed to the entity who made the decision
   (e.g., moderator team, working group chairs, etc.) or their
   successors.  That party may at their discretion reinstate someone,
   conditionally or unconditionally.

   To avoid denial-of-service attacks on IETF processes, decisions to
   not reinstate someone's participation privileges may not be appealed.
   Any reinstatement is a grace and not a right.

   A suspension of participation privileges imposed prior to this
   process shall be reconsidered only in accordance with the processes
   in place at the time of the suspension, even if the corresponding RFC
   has been formally obsoleted.