Membership Rules

Policy decisions at PG will be determined by a majority vote of the board members. Those who do not respect this policy should join another organization. Membership will be terminated by the board for the following reasons:

1. A member uses profanity, attacks other members, or makes baseless lawsuits

2. A member undermines PG, e.g., by threatening to sue an organization if it aired an interview with PG.

3. A member undermines PG's mission by acting in a way that is directly contradictory to PG's by-laws, action plans or policy decisions.

4. Members should limit their e-mail to the discussion list (e.g., seven per week)

5. A member's feelings/interpretations must not be used to personally attack PG or its members.

6. Violation of the organization's policies or rules, as determined by the Board members.

The board has authority to grant or revoke membership. The board controls the membership and the status of a member will be decided by the majority vote of the board members.

Additional Rules (Effective November 30, 2006)

If there is an option regarding keeping a member, the Board will
consider that member's contributions to our organizations and to our
Iranian community. If a person has written a book or published a
scholarly article and/or been interviewed by major TV or radio
programs, then s/he has more to say than those who abuse their right
to speak by making accusations.

In cases of disagreement, those members who have disagreements will be
moved to a special interest group e-mail list for that purpose. The
general list is to share and offer varying points views respectfully.
(Only if there are disagreements individuals will be moved to one of
these special interest groups.)

Any administrative issue, including requests to be added or to be
removed from an e-mail list, must be sent to the Board rather than to
the entire membership list.

We appreciate your cooperation.

Board Members