This log records editorial and design decisions made while consolidating multiple drafts into a single GitBook. The goal is traceability: reviewers should be able to see what was chosen, what was deferred, and why.
| ID | Decision | Rationale | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-001 | Canonical Structure: Adopt Freeze–Vote–Rebuild as the core sequence. | Most drafts share this skeleton; it supports logical sequencing and verification-first gating. | All core content organized into chapters 02, 03, and 04. |
| D-002 | Status-Neutral Framing: Keep the core mechanism neutral; move advocacy to essays. | Neutrality improves technical reviewability and prevents misinterpretation as a pre-determined settlement. | Created "Background & Essays" section; drafted "What This Is Not." |
| D-003 | Verification-First Gates: Treat gates as the primary control logic for progression. | Reduces reliance on "good faith" and makes conditionality auditable and reversible. | Dedicated "Governance & Verification" chapter added. |
| D-004 | Optional Vote-to-Border: Include as an optional module with strict safeguards. | Preserves flexibility while reducing the risk of misuse or gerrymandering. | Created module with simulation and version-locking requirements. |
| D-005 | Displaced Persons Inclusion: Inclusion of IDPs/refugees is a "Hard Requirement." | Exclusion creates incentives for ethnic/demographic engineering and undermines legitimacy. | Built explicit electorate categories and participation metrics. |
| D-006 | Auditable Reconstruction: Mandate "Transparency Stack" and tranche gating in Rebuild. | Corruption is a dominant failure mode; auditable design is required for donor durability. | Added accountability chapter, templates, and KPI linkages. |
| D-007 | "Peace-Build Campus": Preserve symbolic governance concepts as an optional model. | High variance in political acceptance; useful for outreach but risky as a hard requirement. | Moved to optional governance variants. |
| D-008 | Advocacy Preservation: Keep American Realism and Papal-origin framings as separate essays. | Essential for stakeholder persuasion but must not contaminate the neutral technical spec. | Created standalone Background/Essays section. |
| D-009 | Data Governance: Add explicit privacy and security chapters as first-class constraints. | Voting and monitoring data can endanger lives if mishandled or leaked. | Added role-based access and publication policy requirements. |
