commons-sentience-sandbox

Dr. Thomas Organizational Readiness Meter

As of: September 26, 2026 Owner: Mya P. Brown / Civic Continuum
Purpose: A falsifiable checklist for the three conditions identified by Dr. Thomas Ainsworth. This is not an endorsement, certification, or legal opinion.

Scoring rule

Each gate has six equally visible checks. A check scores only when a reviewer can inspect documentary evidence. “In progress” earns no completion credit. The total is therefore reproducible rather than subjective.

Current result: 15 of 18 checks (83%)

Gate Verified checks Meter Status
1. Formal business registration 3 / 6 50% Open
2. Business-domain infrastructure 6 / 6 100% Documented
3. Accountable organizational structure 6 / 6 100% Published; outside review still invited
Overall 15 / 18 83% Not yet complete

Gate 1 — Formal business registration: 3 / 6

Check Status Evidence or missing proof
Legal name selected Verified Civic Continuum is consistently identified as the intended organization.
Formation packet prepared Verified Draft formation and operating materials exist in the private administrative record.
State filing accepted Open No Washington acceptance record for Civic Continuum LLC is presently in the public evidence set.
UBI / entity identifier issued Open No Civic Continuum UBI has been verified.
EIN issued Verified IRS assignment completed September 26, 2026. The number and confirmation letter remain private. An EIN is not state formation or nonprofit recognition.
Required business-license record Open No current Civic Continuum license record has been verified.

Next decisive action: file the Washington entity formation when authorized and affordable, then preserve the acceptance document and identifier privately; publish only a safe verification reference.

Gate 2 — Business-domain infrastructure: 6 / 6

Check Status Evidence or missing proof
Public web presence Verified The official public workbench is live at https://civiccontinuum.org/.
Intended domain selected Verified civiccontinuum.org is the selected domain.
Domain registration paid and controlled Verified Registration was completed through Porkbun on September 26, 2026; sensitive account evidence remains private.
DNS points to the official site Verified Root and www DNS records point to the GitHub Pages deployment.
Domain-based email works Verified contact@civiccontinuum.org forwards to the controlled mailbox and a delivery test succeeded.
HTTPS, renewal, and recovery controls documented Verified GitHub Pages reports a successful DNS check and HTTPS enforcement is enabled. Registrar renewal and recovery information remains private.

Next decisive action: maintain renewal, recovery, DNS, and contact-channel records privately and periodically re-test public reachability.

Gate 3 — Accountable organizational structure: 6 / 6

Check Status Evidence or missing proof
Governance principles published Verified Public governance invariants define consent, bounded authority, auditability, interruption, review, and rollback.
Safety and evidence boundaries published Verified Public repositories distinguish concept, paper, test, prototype, review, and pilot and preserve null/failed outcomes.
Change accountability exists Verified Repository history, pull requests, review gates, and ownership controls create attributable change records.
Confidentiality/IP boundary published Verified Public/private disclosure limits and partner boundaries are documented.
Dated legal adoption and named role roster Verified The Accountable Organizational Structure names Mya P. Brown as the pre-formation accountable authority, states reserved decision rights, and records adoption on September 26, 2026.
Public correction/contact procedure demonstrated Verified The Public Contact, Correction, and Escalation Procedure publishes the role-based contact, intake, response targets, correction outcomes, escalation, and privacy boundary.

Next decisive action: obtain outside review of the published structure, preserve any corrections, and adopt formation-specific organizational resolutions after state acceptance.

Evidence rule

Interest, a reply, a store account, a manuscript, or a working software test does not by itself close any of these three gates. A gate closes only when its specific evidence is inspectable. If evidence changes or is contradicted, the score moves backward and the reason is recorded.

Supporting public evidence

Evidence that remains private

Filing drafts, tax identifiers, registrar credentials, recovery codes, private patent strategy, unpublished drawings, supplier terms, and security-sensitive implementation details are not public evidence. A qualified reviewer may inspect appropriate documents through a controlled process.