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<html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><title>Decision memo · one-guide review pilot</title><style>*{box-sizing:border-box}body{margin:0;background:#f4f1ec;color:#292f3a;font:17px/1.6 system-ui,sans-serif}main{max-width:860px;margin:auto;padding:28px 22px 50px}header{border-top:6px solid #704b39}h1{font-size:clamp(28px,5vw,39px);line-height:1.15}h2{font-size:23px}section,details{background:white;padding:20px;border:1px solid #d9d2c7;margin:18px 0}strong{color:#68412e}summary{font-weight:700;cursor:pointer}pre{white-space:pre-wrap;overflow-wrap:anywhere;font:16px/1.6 ui-monospace,monospace}.blank{display:block;min-height:28px;border-bottom:1px solid #b8afa6}@media(max-width:600px){main{padding:20px 16px 40px}section,details{padding:16px}}</style></head><body><main><header><p><strong>ORIGINAL FICTIONAL MEMO · RECOMMENDATION ONLY</strong></p><h1>Pilot revision-linked review notes for one guide</h1><p>To: Documentation coordinator · From: Editorial lead<br>Actual names and date: not supplied.</p></header><section><h2>Decision requested</h2><p id="recommendation"><strong>Recommend option B for one guide review, conditional on a named maintainer and confirmed access.</strong></p><p>Keep the prior email files as source history. No actual authorization is recorded.</p></section><section><h2>Compare the alternatives</h2><p>Common criteria: comment-to-version traceability, agreed contribution route and maintenance responsibility.</p><h3>Option A · improve the email process</h3><p>Require the file label in subjects/comments. Little new setup; the coordinator still gathers separate replies and checks references.</p><h3>Option B · pilot one shared register</h3><p>Record comment, source-file version, reviewer and disposition reference together. A maintainer and actual access arrangement are required.</p></section><section><h2>Why B, and what it costs in work</h2><p>B makes the missing version reference an explicit field. It also adds a maintenance task. These notes supply no measured mistake reduction, time saving or team agreement.</p></section><details id="sources"><summary>Read the three fictional source notes</summary><pre>S01: Three review files labeled Draft-A, Draft-B and Draft-C.
S02: Some comments omit the file label.
S03: No register maintainer assigned.</pre></details><section><h2>Conditions and fallback</h2><p id="fallback">Confirm the maintainer and contribution/access arrangement first. If these cannot be met, use option A as the fallback.</p><p>If authorized, inspect one guide review and record actual findings before proposing wider use.</p></section><section><h2>Actual decision record · unfilled</h2><p>Decision<span class="blank"></span>Decision owner / date / reference<span class="blank"></span></p></section><footer>This reading memo does not create a register, change permissions, send a message, approve work or save a decision.</footer></main></body></html>