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OTCS-0000 — Adopt the constitutional documents

Adopts CHARTER.md, GOVERNANCE.md, VOTING.md, EVIDENCE-MODEL.md, SECURITY.md, COMMUNICATIONS.md, CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md, and NON-GOALS.md as the governing documents of OTCS v0.1.

Incubation-stage honesty: this proposal is authored, sponsored, and ratified by the founder alone, at Stage 1 (CHARTER.md §7), with the 45–90 day constitutional clock waived as impossible to satisfy before the system exists. Both facts are disclosed in the decision record's process-validity determination rather than hidden. The first external participants inherit a standing invitation: reopen any of it through the proposal process — including this one.

Phase history

phasedate
SEED2026-07-25
DRAFT2026-07-25
RATIFICATION2026-07-25
OPERATION2026-07-25

Objections

none recorded

Ballots

ballotvoter / projectchoiceconflicts
B_RATIFICATIONchris-perkins-nmcitraSUPPORT3 disclosed

Decision

Outcome: ALLOW (RATIFIED) · process validity: VALID

Stage 1 founder-led incubation, declared in CHARTER.md §7. Participant set = founder only; constitutional clock waived as pre-existence bootstrap. Both limitations disclosed here rather than laundered. Review date set; any external participant may reopen via the proposal process.