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The protocol I describe is almost entirely about procedure. Was that not clear, or not detailed enough?

Removing incentive and opportunity means recognizing what creates risk for participants, and reducing that. Which I also did try to cover.

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OK, there were three bullets in the middle of the "protocol" that dealt with procedure. ("The organizers shall provide as secure ..." through "... privacy of all parties"). But it belabours trivia ("collect time, place, name ...") and skips over substantial questions like burdens of proof, appeals, range of penalties, false complaints, violations of procedure. That's the meat & potatoes of law, amateur or professional.

You're right, this part is thin. In terms of penalties, there is only exclusion, or law enforcement. We can expand on the procedural part later.

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