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@@ -51,3 +51,43 @@ make a situation worse, and can also complicate things from the perspective
 of the CoC team. When problematic behavior occurs, it's recommended to keep
 responses brief and to the point - and to reach out to the code of conduct
 team if moderating the discussion fails.
+
+## Escalating issues within your project
+
+If a contributor is causing issues within your project, as a project maintainer you may choose to exclude them from your project's spaces. If the behavior is completely egregious, please immediately escalate to the Code of Conduct committee who can take appropriate action. In most cases, we suggest first issuing a firm warning to them about their behavior, with a ban to be placed if they do not heed this warning.
+
+You may take this decision independently as a maintainer, however if you need any assistance or would like to discuss anything, please feel free to get in touch with the committee.
+
+### Suggested template to issue warning
+
+    To: $contributor
+    Cc: conduct@lists.freedesktop.org
+    Subject: Your behavior in $project
+    
+    Dear $contributor,
+    Your behavior on $project has been [derailing|disrespectful|disruptive|inconsiderate]. As the maintainer of $project, I urge you to read the freedesktop.org Code of Conduct you agreed to when signing up at https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/CodeOfConduct.
+    
+    Please read this, consider your actions, and refrain from such behavior in future.
+    
+    If there is no improvement in your behavior after this warning, we will consider either a temporary ban from all our project's spaces (issues, merge requests, mailing lists and other discussion forums, conferences, etc) or escalating to the freedesktop.org Code of Conduct committee who can take more extensive action.
+    
+    $yourname
+    Maintainer, $project
+
+### Suggested template to issue ban
+
+    To: $contributor
+    Cc: conduct@lists.freedesktop.org
+    Subject: Your behavior in $project
+
+    Dear $contributor,
+    Your behavior on $project has continued to be [derailing|disrespectful|disruptive|inconsiderate] despite my earlier warning.
+
+    As the maintainer of $project, I am hereby banning you from any interaction with the project. This includes, but is not limited to: issues, merge requests, mailing lists and other discussion forums, and conferences.
+    
+    You can ask me to lift the ban after $time.
+
+    If you contravene this ban and continue to interact with the project, we will escalate this to the freedesktop.org Code of Conduct committee who are likely to issue an immediate ban across all of freedesktop.org.
+
+    $yourname
+    Maintainer, $project