resolution 045: automatic membership pause

topic: automatic membership pause date: 2026-09-03 deadline: 2026-09-17 size: large

Problem

According to Resolution 001 a Large decision requires "more than 50% of total number of federation members 👍 votes". This works well as long as enough members are active. But as with every organisation it is normal that that some members become inactive at some point.

Resolution

If a member does not give a vote for the last 3 resolutions its membership will be paused automatically. Paused memberships are not counted in the total 👍 votes required for a large resolution. The membership gets active again once they give their next vote. If a member sees that another member is inactive they can update their status on the website. If a member status was inactive for one year its membership is automatically canceled.

Members that have their voting rights waived are excluded from the automatic membership pause.