Definitions

Participant: any person with an account.

Verified Patriot: a Participant who verifies identity and signs the transition pledge.

Phase Transition: a planned shift from growth mode to launch mode after Launch Milestone criteria are met and approved.

Participation Standards

• Participation remains voluntary and reversible.
• Platform conduct must stay peaceful, lawful, and non-coercive.
• Anti-harassment standards apply in all channels.
• Historical records preserve proposal authorship and timing.

Minor Safety and Guardian Visibility

• Participants under 18 cannot become Verified Patriots without a linked parent or guardian account.
• Minor accounts default to interacting with other minors only, unless parent/guardian permissions are explicitly granted.
• Parent/guardian investigations of a child account are logged and disclosed to the child account via notification.

Transparency Features

• Profile visit logging to discourage covert harassment.
• Proposal archive preserving implemented and archived ideas.
• Implemented governance actions include origin credits for contributing members.