As amended by the Board of Directors, February 4, 2026.

Any member of the OCF staff may propose to ban a user from the OCF for willful violation of OCF policies. Banned users may not enter the OCF lab or use any OCF services.

Once a user is proposed to be banned, all staff with any involvement with the user will be called to the next Board of Directors meeting, and those present shall testify. The Board of Directors may then decide to ban the user with a ⅔ majority vote. If the violation of OCF policies is additionally a violation of the UC Berkeley Student Code of Conduct, a General Manager will submit a report to the Center of Student Conduct.

In the case where there are urgent concerns about the wellbeing of the OCF or its members, a user may be temporarily banned by a majority agreement of the current General and Site Managers. A temporarily banned user will have the same restrictions placed on them as a formally banned user. This action must be made known to all members of the Board of Directors, although the exact reasoning may be withheld until the formal ban process. This ban will lapse if not formally ratified at the next regularly scheduled Board of Directors meeting through the regular banning process.

In the case where the power to temporarily ban a user would be invoked twice between two regularly scheduled meetings, or for a second time on the same user during the same semester, an emergency Board of Directors meeting must be held to discuss the situation at the soonest possible time. If the General and Site Managers disagree with the Board of Directors' decision to not ban a user, and are concerned about the safety of the OCF or its members, they should escalate to the OCF's Program Advisor or relevant campus departments.

If the user is banned, they shall be promptly notified of the ban and given a chance to appeal the ban at one of the next three future Board of Directors meetings. At that meeting, they will be asked to explain their actions. The Board of Directors then may decide with a ⅔ majority vote by secret ballot to uphold the ban; if the ban is not upheld, it shall be rescinded.

In order to ensure the safety and comfort of any affected persons, users may not be physically or digitally present at the Board of Directors meeting while any details of their proposed ban are being discussed or voted on. However, they may present a written statement to be read out by a General Manager before deliberations.