---
title: Governance
summary: Present authority, release decisions, corrections, and succession.
status: specified but not implemented
provenance: repository-authored
claim_ids: []
last_reviewed: 2026-08-12
receipt: none
non_claims:
  - Repository custody is not evidence of effective system governance.
  - No multi-party governance body is represented.
---

# Governance

## Present authority

Stephen Reed is the sole administrator and custodian of this repository. He alone controls release
approval, repository settings, contributor access, and final editorial decisions. The Consullo name
does not imply a board, membership body, independent review panel, or multi-party governance
structure.

This is custody of a publication record. It is not evidence that the systems described by the
research program are governed effectively.

## Decision boundaries

The custodian may:

- approve or refuse a public release;
- merge, revert, or correct repository changes;
- appoint additional maintainers and record the change here; and
- issue a superseding release while retaining the correction history.

No AI system may approve declassification, grant itself repository authority, represent a model
provider, or convert its own review into independent evidence. AI systems may draft, test, and
review material under human direction; the named human custodian remains answerable for publication.

## Release and correction policy

Substantive source-derived content requires an artifact-specific, content-addressed release record
approved by the custodian before it enters this repository. Public corrections are append-only in
principle: the current page may be repaired, but the correction record must identify what changed,
when, and why. Material errors should be corrected promptly without silently rewriting the history
of a claim.

See [`declassification/RELEASES.md`](declassification/RELEASES.md) and
[`content/governance/corrections.md`](content/governance/corrections.md).

## Future governance changes

Any expansion of authority must name the people or institutions receiving it, define their powers,
and state the effective date. Repository hosting under an organization account, if later selected,
will not by itself change this governance model.