# Membership Changes **Membership Additions** Members can, by a majority vote, elect to begin a new window of capital commitments to the **Own.fund**. In order to ensure equality in the voting power granted to OWN token holders, the number of tokens they receive will take into account changes in the value of the assets held by the fund. This freedom to accept new members is one of its qualities, as, given the fund's Social Token focus, the addition of established and noteworthy members will add value to the fund as a whole. **Membership Removals** Members of the **Own.fund** may request a member leave through conducting a vote to remove the respective member. The member's proportional equity in the fund (minus any tokens that are still vested) will then be released to them. If the fund holds vested positions then those will be released to the departing member once they become available for distribution. **Voluntary Exit** Members of the **Own.fund** have the opportunity to leave the fund at set intervals (monthly) through a declaration of intent made publicly and addressed to all other members. At point of exit, the departing member will receive their proportion of the original and unallocated capital contribution, as well as a relative share of the fund's capital held in other assets. If fund assets include those that are not immediately accessible, then they will be distributed to the exiting member at the first available opportunity. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://ownfund.gitbook.io/docs/governance-structure/membership-changes.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.