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Community Conflict of Interest Disclosure
A complete, copy-ready community conflict of interest disclosure with clear placeholders and adaptation notes.
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This template provides usable starting text for community conflict of interest disclosure; adapt it to the community, format and jurisdiction.
Adaptation instructions
Collect only conflicts relevant to participation, editorial work or sponsor decisions.
# [COMMUNITY] Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Version: 1.1.0
Review date: [DATE]
Name: [NAME]
Role in community: [MEMBER / HOST / EDITOR / SPONSOR / SPEAKER]
Please disclose relationships that could reasonably affect, or appear to affect, your participation in [DECISION, SESSION OR PUBLICATION].
Financial or commercial interests: [DETAIL / NONE]
Employment or advisory roles: [DETAIL / NONE]
Investor, board or governance relationships: [DETAIL / NONE]
Competitive or portfolio conflicts: [DETAIL / NONE]
Personal relationships relevant to the decision: [DETAIL / NONE]
Other material interests: [DETAIL / NONE]
Proposed management: [DISCLOSURE / RECUSAL / SESSION SEPARATION / OTHER]
Decision owner: [NAME]
Decision and review date: [DETAIL]
I confirm this disclosure is accurate to the best of my knowledge and will update it if circumstances change.
Signature / date: [NAME / DATE]
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