Editing Executive Standards (section)

= Disciplinary Action =

As noted, failure to meet one's expectations is good reason to not re-elect an Executive, or (in some cases) to ask for his or her resignation. It is not a good reason for disciplinary action. On the other hand, failure to meet any of one's responsibilities can or should result in disciplinary action as provided by the Constitution.

== By the Executive Committee ==

In the extreme case, the Committee can remove a member of the Executive by suspending him or her from office.

"The Executive Committee may suspend from office, by a vote of two-thirds of the entire Committee, any Executive except for the Party Leader and Deputy Party Leader. Within two weeks after a suspended member has been officially informed of his suspension, he may require that the Executive Committee call a General Meeting within six weeks for the purpose of reviewing the suspension. If no appeal is made or if the suspension is upheld then the position shall become vacant." [C 6.6]

Robert's Rules of Order 1970 (S.60) says that a meeting with power to expel or suspend also has power to vote a lesser penalty: "A motion offered in a case of this kind can propose that the offending member be required to make an apology, that he be censured, or required to leave the hall during the meeting or until he is prepared to apologize, that his rights of membership be suspended for a time, or that he be expelled from the organization." (`Suspended' and `expelled' should be interpreted as suspension or expulsion from the Committee, not from the Party; our Constitution specifically does not give the Committee any power to do the latter).

== By the Ethics Committee ==

Any Party member may bring a complaint against an Executive for any dereliction of responsibility that, in his or her judgment, constitutes a violation of the Statement of Principles, Constitution, or Bylaws. Appeal to the Ethics Committee is an extreme measure that happens only rarely; no complaints have ever been made against an Executive for violation of the Constitution or Bylaws.