Policy topics and community commitments. Detailed procedures and official agreements are being finalized; contact FUWL with questions.

FUWL Community Policies

FUWL believes in being present with people through both light and darkness. Our role is not to control, diagnose, rescue, fix, or create dependence. We listen, connect, support, ask questions, hold space, encourage growth when a person is ready, and recognize when someone's needs require support beyond what FUWL can responsibly provide.

1. Community Code of Conduct - respect, harassment, bullying, discrimination, threats, manipulation, exploitation, sexual misconduct, retaliation, disruptive behavior, and boundaries.
2. Confidentiality & Privacy Policy - what is expected to stay within gatherings, limits to confidentiality, recordings/screenshots, personal information, and when safety concerns may need to be escalated.
3. Safety & Crisis Policy - what Lights do when someone appears to be in danger, threatens harm, reports abuse, or needs support beyond FUWL's scope. It should clearly establish that FUWL isn't an emergency or crisis-response service.
4. Youth & Minor Safety Policy - this needs to be especially strong. Parental/guardian consent, adult/minor communication, private messaging, one-on-one meetings, virtual gatherings, reporting concerns, transportation, photographs/video, and appropriate adult boundaries.
5. Leader & Participant Boundaries Policy - romantic/sexual relationships, financial relationships, gifts, favoritism, dependency, personal contact, social media, and misuse of leadership authority.
6. Background Screening Policy - who must be screened, when screening occurs, rescreening, what happens if concerns arise, and that no position, including SUN, is exempt.
7. Reporting Concerns & Complaints Policy - a FUWLer needs to know, "If my concern is about my Flame Leader, who do I tell? What if it's about Lighthouse? What if it's about SUN?" There must always be another reporting route.
8. Conflict Resolution & Restorative Process - how ordinary disagreements are addressed versus serious misconduct. FUWL's philosophy of grace and growth shouldn't mean every behavior is automatically tolerated.
9. Removal/Suspension Policy - circumstances under which someone can be asked to leave a gathering, Flame, leadership role, FUWL Lanterns provider role, or FUWL entirely, including immediate temporary restrictions for serious safety concerns.
10. Nondiscrimination & Inclusion Policy - FUWL's commitment to intergenerational and cross-cultural belonging while making clear that inclusion doesn't require tolerating conduct that harms others.
11. Social Media, Recording & Photography Policy - particularly important for Zoom gatherings. Nobody should assume they can screenshot, record, livestream, or post another FUWLer's story.
12. FUWL Lanterns Scope & Service Policy - what providers can and cannot do, confidentiality, boundaries, cancellations, referrals, emergencies, records, and clear distinction from licensed professional services where applicable.
13. Conflict of Interest Policy - especially important for SUN, Lighthouse and Board members who may hold multiple FUWL roles.
14. Financial Stewardship Policy - approvals, expenses, access to accounts, reimbursements, spending authority, financial reporting, and protection against one person controlling every stage of a transaction.
15. Membership/Cancellation Policy - payments, renewals, cancellation, refunds, changing membership levels, scholarships/sponsored memberships, and what happens if FUWL suspends someone's membership.
16. Intellectual Property & FUWL Brand Policy - who can create a Flame using FUWL's name, use the logo, develop FUWL materials, publish content, or represent something as an official FUWL program.