# XIV. Membership ### Part 14 — Membership, Roles, and Participation Lanes #### 1. Membership Form, Eligibility, and Standing 1.1 **Individual-only membership.** Membership is granted to individuals. Organizations do not “join” as members. Organizational affiliations may be recorded for context and conflict management only. 1.2 **Eligibility baseline.** To be eligible, an applicant must:\ 1.2.1 accept this Charter, the platform terms (where applicable), and the handling and integrity rules;\ 1.2.2 maintain a verifiable identity pathway sufficient for integrity enforcement (without requiring public attribution);\ 1.2.3 provide required conflict disclosures under Section 6; and\ 1.2.4 agree to correctionability, contestability, and do-no-harm publication discipline. 1.3 **Member-in-good-standing (MiGS).** A member is in good standing only while:\ 1.3.1 handling rules are observed (no unauthorized sharing; no misuse of Restricted/Controlled materials);\ 1.3.2 conflicts are disclosed and recusals followed;\ 1.3.3 IP and contribution attestations are maintained;\ 1.3.4 competition and labor-market safety rules are respected; and\ 1.3.5 misrepresentation and badge misuse prohibitions are respected. 1.4 **Suspension and loss of standing.** Standing may be suspended or revoked for:\ 1.4.1 handling breaches;\ 1.4.2 dual-use violations or exploit enabling conduct;\ 1.4.3 misrepresentation (false affiliation, false “certified by,” or false quality markings);\ 1.4.4 antitrust/competition misconduct;\ 1.4.5 harassment or unsafe conduct;\ 1.4.6 IP contamination, plagiarism, or unauthorized licensing; or\ 1.4.7 repeated failure to comply with correction and record discipline. 1.5 **No implied authority.** Membership conveys no authority to bind GCRI, the Guild, the Platform, or any Nexus institution, and does not create an agency, employment, partnership, or fiduciary relationship. *** #### 2. Membership Classes and Participation Status 2.1 **Classes.** The Guild may maintain membership classes such as:\ 2.1.1 **Member** (baseline participation rights);\ 2.1.2 **Active Member** (contribution and attendance expectations met);\ 2.1.3 **Fellow** (invited or reviewed designation based on sustained contributions and integrity);\ 2.1.4 **Maintainer** (merge/release authority on designated repositories or artifacts); and\ 2.1.5 **Steward** (governance responsibilities under Part 11 and Part 17 disciplines). 2.2 **Statuses.** A member’s current operational status may be recorded as:\ 2.2.1 **Active** (meets cadence and contribution minima);\ 2.2.2 **Dormant** (temporarily inactive, retains baseline obligations);\ 2.2.3 **Suspended** (temporary loss of privileges pending remedy); or\ 2.2.4 **Removed** (membership revoked). 2.3 **Status effects.** Status governs:\ 2.3.1 access to Controlled/Restricted materials;\ 2.3.2 eligibility for review, maintainer, or steward roles;\ 2.3.3 eligibility for contribution recognition; and\ 2.3.4 participation in decision-making processes. *** #### 3. Rights and Obligations of Members 3.1 **Core rights (minimum).** Members in good standing have:\ 3.1.1 access to public documentation and public artifacts;\ 3.1.2 access to participation lanes aligned to their handling clearance and role;\ 3.1.3 the right to contest records affecting their contributions or standing; and\ 3.1.4 the right to be credited when safe and opted-in. 3.2 **Core obligations (minimum).** Members must:\ 3.2.1 follow handling and confidentiality rules;\ 3.2.2 avoid exploit enabling publication and prohibited collection methods;\ 3.2.3 maintain conflict disclosures and comply with recusals;\ 3.2.4 uphold neutrality and procurement-safe posture;\ 3.2.5 maintain correction discipline (no silent edits; prompt errata); and\ 3.2.6 avoid claims that overstate certainty, coverage, or authority. 3.3 **Non-endorsement obligation.** Members must not represent:\ 3.3.1 that Guild outputs are certifications;\ 3.3.2 that Guild findings are regulatory determinations; or\ 3.3.3 that a product, vendor, or operator is “approved” by the Guild. *** #### 4. Participation Lanes 4.1 **Open Contributor.** May:\ 4.1.1 propose issues and improvements;\ 4.1.2 submit documentation and test contributions;\ 4.1.3 participate in public discussions; and\ 4.1.4 contribute to open education materials, subject to quality and IP rules. 4.2 **Research Contributor.** May:\ 4.2.1 contribute methods, analyses, benchmarks, and datasets;\ 4.2.2 participate in lab activities and replication sprints; and\ 4.2.3 propose research releases, subject to reproducibility and safety gates. 4.3 **Reviewer.** May:\ 4.3.1 perform peer review for artifacts and releases;\ 4.3.2 conduct measurement error and bias audits;\ 4.3.3 verify provenance and reproducibility evidence; and\ 4.3.4 recommend quality markings—without creating implied certification. 4.4 **Maintainer.** May:\ 4.4.1 merge, tag, and release designated artifacts;\ 4.4.2 enforce contribution and code standards;\ 4.4.3 apply deprecation and supersession discipline; and\ 4.4.4 require additional review or safety gating. 4.5 **Steward.** May:\ 4.5.1 coordinate domain backlogs and cross-lab alignment;\ 4.5.2 uphold neutrality and anti-capture controls;\ 4.5.3 exercise stop-the-line controls within their delegated scope; and\ 4.5.4 ensure records completeness and correctionability. 4.6 **Educator/Mentor.** May:\ 4.6.1 deliver training and reproducible labs;\ 4.6.2 support onboarding for global participation; and\ 4.6.3 maintain education artifacts with the same correction discipline as code. *** #### 5. Admission, Onboarding, and Access Controls 5.1 **Admission process.** The Guild may use a lightweight admission process based on:\ 5.1.1 acceptance of rules and attestations;\ 5.1.2 minimal identity verification appropriate to handling class; and\ 5.1.3 COI disclosures and role eligibility checks. 5.2 **Onboarding requirements.** Before access to Controlled materials or elevated roles, members must complete:\ 5.2.1 handling discipline orientation;\ 5.2.2 competition-safe collaboration orientation;\ 5.2.3 do-no-harm publication and dual-use orientation; and\ 5.2.4 correction and record discipline orientation. 5.3 **Access tiering.** Access to Controlled and Restricted materials is:\ 5.3.1 granted by role and need-to-know;\ 5.3.2 subject to audit logs and distribution controls; and\ 5.3.3 revocable upon loss of standing. *** #### 6. Conflicts of Interest, Influence Caps, and Recusal 6.1 **Disclosure duty.** Members must disclose conflicts including:\ 6.1.1 employment and advisory roles;\ 6.1.2 material equity/financial interests;\ 6.1.3 vendor sponsorship ties;\ 6.1.4 regulatory or enforcement positions that could create coercion risk; and\ 6.1.5 relationships that could bias benchmarks, datasets, or severity judgments. 6.2 **Recusal duty.** A member must recuse where:\ 6.2.1 they have a material interest in the outcome;\ 6.2.2 they are evaluating a direct competitor, client, employer, or investee;\ 6.2.3 they are an author reviewing their own work beyond permitted self-review; or\ 6.2.4 their participation risks the appearance of capture or bias. 6.3 **Influence caps.** The Guild shall maintain anti-capture controls including:\ 6.3.1 reviewer rotation;\ 6.3.2 maintainer diversity expectations;\ 6.3.3 sponsor concentration monitoring; and\ 6.3.4 restricted access to benchmark parameter changes. 6.4 **Prohibited influence.** Members must not:\ 6.4.1 trade access for money, favors, or procurement advantage;\ 6.4.2 pressure for favorable scoring;\ 6.4.3 request suppression or distortion of findings; or\ 6.4.4 use handling materials to disadvantage competitors. *** #### 7. Code of Research Conduct and Collaboration Norms 7.1 **Reproducibility-first.** Claims must be:\ 7.1.1 evidence-backed;\ 7.1.2 uncertainty-labeled; and\ 7.1.3 reproducible at the declared RS level where applicable. 7.2 **Anti-hype rule.** Members shall not:\ 7.2.1 inflate certainty;\ 7.2.2 oversell coverage;\ 7.2.3 market artifacts as certification; or\ 7.2.4 use Guild association to imply product endorsement. 7.3 **Respect and safety.** Collaboration must:\ 7.3.1 be professional and respectful;\ 7.3.2 protect vulnerable participants; and\ 7.3.3 support global inclusion. 7.4 **Records discipline.** Meetings and decisions that affect releases, benchmarks, access, or enforcement must be record-valid under the governance discipline. *** #### 8. Accessibility, Inclusion, and Language Integrity 8.1 **Global participation posture.** The Guild shall maintain pathways for:\ 8.1.1 low-resource labs and participants;\ 8.1.2 multilingual contribution; and\ 8.1.3 accessibility-first documentation and tooling. 8.2 **Language integrity.** Where translation is used:\ 8.2.1 technical meaning must be preserved;\ 8.2.2 uncertainty must not be “smoothed”; and\ 8.2.3 false precision is prohibited. 8.3 **Accessibility standard.** Guild materials and core workflows must target accessibility norms suitable for broad public-good adoption, with published limitations and improvement backlogs. *** #### 9. Misrepresentation, Badges, and Use of Marks 9.1 **Permitted representations.** Members may accurately state:\ 9.1.1 their membership status;\ 9.1.2 their role (if current); and\ 9.1.3 the specific artifacts they authored or reviewed. 9.2 **Prohibited representations.** Members must not:\ 9.2.1 claim certification by the Guild;\ 9.2.2 claim the Guild “approved” a product, vendor, or operator;\ 9.2.3 imply enforcement authority; or\ 9.2.4 use Guild marks outside permitted guidelines. 9.3 **Badge discipline.** Any quality marking must:\ 9.3.1 reference a specific versioned artifact;\ 9.3.2 include reliance bounds; and\ 9.3.3 include a correction path reference. *** #### 10. Offboarding, Continuity, and Data/IP Hygiene 10.1 **Offboarding triggers.** Offboarding occurs upon:\ 10.1.1 resignation;\ 10.1.2 prolonged inactivity without renewal;\ 10.1.3 loss of standing; or\ 10.1.4 enforcement outcome requiring removal. 10.2 **Return and deletion obligations.** Upon offboarding, members must:\ 10.2.1 cease use of Controlled/Restricted materials;\ 10.2.2 comply with deletion/return requirements; and\ 10.2.3 cease using marks and role claims. 10.3 **Contribution continuity.** Contributions remain governed by their licenses and the Charter’s correction and supersession discipline, including removal or deprecation where required for safety or integrity. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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