I also think a simple majority Board vote is too low a bar for revoking Fellow status, so won’t be voting in favor of that.
However, I didn’t understand this justification:
How would that work? I’m not a lawyer, but am unaware of any legal theory in the US under which an organization can be held legally liable for something one of its members does on their own. Certainly, officers and employees can expose the organization to legal risk for things they do in their official organizational roles. But if a PSF Fellow does something noxious on their own, I don’t see how the PSF could be held legally liable any more than, say, the political party, fraternity, sorority, union, homeowner’s association, church, Facebook group, or bowling league they may also be a member of.
Organizations in such cases worried about the bad PR generally issue a statement clarifying that their member is not speaking for them, or acting on their behalf, and that the organization is pursuing its established procedures for possibly revoking membership.