FAQS ABOUT REPORTING

Questions about reporting

• Can I remain anonymous? 

• What happens once I’ve made a report?

• What if the person I want to report is on the safe spaces team or on the MLX committee? 

• Who gets to know about my report?

• What if I don’t want anyone else on the MLX committee/safe spaces team to know about my report?

• Can you share the information with other schools and events?

• What happens when a temporary ban expires?

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Can I remain anonymous? 

• Yes.

  • Please note, sometimes we cannot guarantee anonymity (for instance, where the report would not function if we try to to prevent the reported person from knowing who made it). We will always get your permission before providing the report to the person you made a report about. 

  • MLX usually requires that the person you made a report about does not try and contact you while the reporting process is ongoing. Any attempt to contact you before the safe spaces process concludes will be regarded as a breach of the MLX Code of Conduct. 

  • If a person you made a report about contacts you without your permission, MLX will assist you if you wish to contact the police to report their behaviour. 

• Given the information above, you may not want us to provide the report to the person you made a report about, in any form. Please note, in some cases, this will limit what action MLX can take. 

• You will not be required to be in a room with the person about whom you made a report or engage in any mediation, unless you request to do so. 

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What happens once I’ve made a report?

• If you don’t want us to provide information about your report to the person you made a report about, we can:

  • monitor their behaviour as best as we are able. 

• If you are happy for us to provide the report (in a redacted form or otherwise) to the person you made a report about, we can:

  • issue that person with an official warning;

  • issue that person with a direction to behave or not behave in a certain way;

  • ban the person temporarily from our event;

  • ban the person permanently from our event. 

• When you make a report to us, you are welcome to suggest what outcome you would prefer. 

• As each situation is unique, MLX cannot guarantee the outcome will be the one you requested.

  • Our primary concern is the safety of everyone at our event, including you. In some cases, even if you don’t want us to take any action, we may consider that someone who is a danger to others (including you) needs to be removed from the event. In this case, we will do everything within our power to protect your privacy. 

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What if the person I want to report is on the safe spaces team or on the MLX committee? 

• MLX staff are all bound by the MLX Code of Conduct. Any report about MLX staff will be treated as seriously as a regular report. 

• MLX’s safety team comprises of several individuals, at least one of whom will be in attendance at each event of MLX. Our team is large, so that if a report is made about one team member, it can be actioned by other team members. If a report is made about any team member they will cease all safety duties and step down from the team until the report is resolved.

• You are welcome to approach MLX Safety committee members in person to make a report at any time.

• Please note, if you make a private report about a member of the safety team your report will be actioned by at least two (other) members of the safety team. 

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Who gets to know about my report?

• Only the members of the MLX Safe Spaces committee will be made aware of your report. 

• If someone is banned from MLX as a result of your report, the MLX committee and MLX door managers will be told the name of the person who has been banned from MLX, but not any information about you or the report you made. 

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What if I don’t want anyone else on the MLX committee/safe spaces team to know about my report? 

• Reports are kept privately by the MLX safe spaces team, and are not shared with the wider MLX committee.

• If you do not want members of the MLX Safe Spaces team to know the substance of your report, please feel free to make this request. Please note, at least two MLX Safe Spaces team members must action your report. However, your report can be kept private from the rest of the team. 

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Can you share the information with other schools and events?

• For the most part, MLX is not able to share the information you provide us with other schools or events. MLX is also not necessarily aware of information you have previously provided to other schools or events. 

• We strongly recommend reporting your information to any events/schools you plan on attending. You are welcome to use the template we draw up when actioning your report to simplify the process of making reports to other schools. 

• MLX may inform other schools of the substance of our decision (the outcome). 

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What happens when a temporary ban expires?

If we have banned someone from MLX for a temporary period of time, we require that they contact us to request to return to MLX. We require that individuals that have been banned from MLX demonstrate that they no longer present a threat to the community through their attendance at our event. Demonstrating this is a high bar, as MLX has a low tolerance for assuming risk.

If we believe that someone has sufficiently demonstrated this to us, we will contact you to seek your response to any decision we propose to make. You will have an opportunity to respond to us and to request that we take a certain outcome. We will consider your request very seriously in making our decision. 

Making a report about safety can be a stressful and upsetting process. The MLX Safety team are here to help you as best we can. Please note, we don’t have the resources to provide full counselling and support to you. We strongly recommend seeking support from friends and family