(Arts 2.3(a) and 4.4 of http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/AoA&oldid=1213850)

There are some safeguards in terms of giving the applicant/member a right to make representations and some time limits.

In addition, the Articles give Directors the power to create a new class of member, and the new class could have different voting rights. So theroretically the Directors could by-pass the safeguards by simply creating a new class (say one which had 0.001 vote each) and accepting an applicant into that class of membership.

My questions:

First, are we happy in principle that the directors should be able to refuse or revoke membership rights. I could imagine it being used, say, for a persistent vandal or someone who is tryign to undermine the chapter.

Second, are we happy that the directors should be able to create a new class of members. The alternative, I guess, is to put this power in the hands of the membership.