If it comes to staff members’ attention that a UTAJ member has violated any rule in these policies, there will be consequences. For minor infractions, a staff member will contact the UTAJ member and inform him or her of the infraction. This is often sufficient to correct the UTAJ member’s behavior. More serious infractions and/or repeated infractions will have more severe penalties, which may include demotion, being temporarily banned from reviewing productions for UTAJ , losing the privilege to attend certain types of productions (e.g., at Equity theaters), and more. Consequences will be in proportion to the seriousness of the infraction(s) and will be chosen at Dave’s discretion. Consequences may be administered by another UTAJ staff member for convenience’s sake.
Under very serious circumstances, UTAJ members may be asked to leave the organization. Dave will always inform the UTAJ member of their new status and why they will no longer be part of UTAJ. Because all UTAJ members have made valuable contributions to the site, the reasons for a member’s departure will never be publicly revealed to non-staff members or the public.