Twenty-three decisions nobody had made yet, wired together by what blocked what. Published with the graph source and the register intact.

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Choice Map — Bottom Pub Co-op

Known open CHOICE items as at Stage 1. Internal use only. Not for public release. Updated: 2026-05-22 | Source of truth: individual stream docs and decision log Note: this map is a live working document — add new CHOICE items as they are identified rather than treating it as exhaustive.

Click any node to open the relevant admin page. Arrows show blocking dependencies. (Archive: the click-through targets were pages in the Access-protected admin vault; the click directives and the ‘Admin link’ column below have been removed. The diagram is shown as source — this site does not run a diagram renderer.)

flowchart TD

    subgraph T1["Tier 1 — Gates everything downstream"]
        D1["D1 · Distributing vs\nnon-distributing co-op"]
        D2["D2 · Legal entity type\nAssoc. / Co-op CNL / CLG"]
    end

    subgraph T2["Tier 2 — Gates grants, capital, operations"]
        D3["D3 · When to incorporate"]
        D4["D4 · Charitable / DGR status"]
        D5["D5 · Investor-seat arrangement\nOptions A / B / C"]
    end

    subgraph T3["Tier 3 — Formation meeting gates"]
        D6["D6 · Spending ceiling\nbefore any cost"]
        D7["D7 · Facilitation vs\nchairing arrangement"]
        D8["D8 · Stage 2 EOI threshold\nminimum signal to proceed"]
        D9["D9 · Legal adviser\nselection"]
    end

    subgraph T4["Tier 4 — Comms / content (Stage 1)"]
        D10["D10 · AI image\ndisclosure standard"]
        D11["D11 · Mailing list as\nprimary channel?"]
        D16["D16 · Public dashboard\npath: /status vs /dashboard\nvs /where-we-are"]
        D17["D17 · Dashboard open\nquestions content\n(2–4 questions, steering-approved)"]
        D18["D18 · Dashboard next-milestone\ncopy (one sentence)"]
        D19["D19 · Main nav link\nto dashboard?"]
    end

    subgraph T5["Tier 5 — Operations (Stage 2+)"]
        D12["D12 · Operator model\nEmployed / Tenant / Hybrid"]
        D13["D13 · Publican + licence-holder\nsame person?"]
        D14["D14 · Local business\nengagement timing"]
        D15["D15 · Differentiation &\naccommodation strategy"]
        D20["D20 · Publican authority limits\nrelative to Board"]
        D21["D21 · Publican KPIs &\nperformance review process"]
        D22["D22 · Leased model acceptable\nas interim arrangement?"]
        D23["D23 · Succession plan\nif first Publican leaves"]
    end

    D1 --> D2
    D1 --> D4
    D1 --> D5
    D2 --> D3
    D2 --> D5
    D3 --> D4
    D5 --> D9
    D6 --> D9
    D2 --> D12
    D2 --> D13
    D12 --> D13
    D12 --> D14
    D8 --> D12

    D12 --> D20
    D12 --> D21
    D12 --> D22
    D20 --> D23

Decision register

ID	Decision	Status	Blocks	Risk if deferred	Benefit of deciding early
D1	Distributing vs non-distributing co-op	Open	D2, D4, D5, all fundraising language	Financial model, grants, and member-return language may be legally incompatible	Unlocks T-004 financial model, legal structure memo, all grant applications
D2	Legal entity type (Inc. assoc. / Co-op CNL / CLG)	Open	D3, D5, D12, D13	Wrong structure blocks grants, locks governance options, costly to reverse	CNL gives one-member-one-vote by statute; association is cheaper/faster to form
D3	When to incorporate	Open	Arts Tasmania grants, Growing Regions, federal programs	Arts Tasmania Organisations – Projects round closes 7 Sep 2026; late incorporation misses it	Earliest viable: after D1+D2 resolved; Arts Tasmania window creates urgency
D4	Charitable / DGR status	Open	Philanthropic grants, some federal programs	Missed eligibility for DGR-only programs; private donations non-deductible	DGR status makes individual donations tax-deductible; widens philanthropic pool
D5	Investor-seat arrangement (Options A / B / C)	Open	Any capital-raising conversation	Starting capital conversations without this decision risks incompatible expectations	Explicit decision prevents governance disputes when first investors engage
D6	Spending ceiling (before any cost is incurred)	Open — formation meeting	Title search, legal advice, any expenditure	Unauthorised expenditure by stream leads; no basis for reimbursement claims	Immediately authorises next steps; low overhead to decide
D7	Facilitation vs chairing arrangement	Open — formation meeting	Meeting process and minute-keeping	Ad hoc arrangement creates ambiguity about decision authority at meetings	Named arrangement reduces process conflict before it starts
D8	Stage 2 EOI threshold (minimum signal)	Open — working group	Any move to formal feasibility commission	No agreed threshold means Stage 2 trigger is subjective	Pre-agreed threshold creates a credible, community-transparent decision gate
D9	Legal adviser selection	Open	T-002 legal structure memo; all legal sign-off gates	Legal advice cannot begin until adviser is retained; structural decision delayed	Early appointment keeps Stage 2 timelines achievable
D10	AI image disclosure standard (#32)	Open	Any AI-generated image used publicly	Inconsistent disclosure damages credibility if challenged; over-claiming misleads	Single standard applied consistently is low cost and high-trust
D11	Mailing list as primary channel?	Open	Intake follow-up procedure; lower-tier EOI holding strategy	Wrong channel choice means respondents are held in a channel the co-op doesn’t control	Primary channel decision locks in the follow-up workflow for 68+ respondents
D12	Operator model (Employed / Tenant / Hybrid)	Stage 2 — requires D1+D2	Publican authority limits; licence continuity planning; employment risk	Proceeding to operator engagement without this decision creates incompatible expectations	Early model selection allows constitution, management agreement, and licence advice to proceed together
D13	Publican + licence-holder — same person?	Stage 2 — requires D12	Liquor licence strategy; staffing model	Two-person model increases continuity risk; one-person model may be difficult to recruit	Decision shapes the licence application and employment agreement structure
D14	Timing of engagement with existing local hospitality businesses	Stage 2	Stakeholder relations; licence application process	Deciding late means the project goes public before neighbouring operators have been spoken to, which is both a courtesy failure and an avoidable process risk	Early, open engagement is the ordinary courtesy and gives the project a chance to build relationships rather than surprise people
D15	Differentiation and accommodation strategy	Stage 2	Business model; capital requirements; partnership approach	Positioning mismatch with existing local offerings creates market confusion or an undercutting dynamic	Clear positioning makes capital case and operator recruitment easier
D20	Publican authority limits relative to Board	Stage 2 — requires D12	Employment or management agreement drafting	Appointing an operator without defined authority limits creates governance disputes	Written limits protect both the Board and the Publican from scope-creep conflicts
D21	Publican KPIs and performance review process (if employed model adopted)	Stage 2 — requires D12	Employment agreement; Board oversight cadence	No agreed KPIs means performance issues cannot be objectively assessed or acted on	Minimum baseline: monthly financial reporting and quarterly KPI review
D22	Leased model as interim arrangement — acceptable?	Stage 2 — requires D12	Capital planning; mission integrity	Starting with a leased model that the co-op later rejects on mission grounds wastes set-up costs	Explicit ruling-in or ruling-out prevents mission drift before operator discussions begin
D23	Succession plan if first Publican leaves	Stage 2 — requires D12 + D20	Liquor licence continuity; Board governance protocol	Licence dependency makes an unplanned departure high-risk; no protocol means ad hoc decisions under pressure	Pre-agreed protocol keeps the licence intact and reduces Board liability during transition
D16	Public dashboard path (`/status` vs `/dashboard` vs `/where-we-are`)	Open	Canonical URL; nav links; `<link rel="canonical">` tag	Changing path after launch breaks inbound links and existing bookmarks	`/status` recommended in spec as short and unambiguous; low-cost decision
D17	Dashboard open-questions content (2–4 community questions)	Open	Dashboard implementation cannot begin without approved copy	Launching without steering-approved questions means the page goes live with placeholder or wrong content	Steering drafts questions once; agents can then maintain the page
D18	Dashboard next-milestone copy (one sentence)	Open	Dashboard implementation	Stale milestone copy erodes credibility if the milestone passes without an update	Single steering-approved sentence; low effort; keeps the public dashboard honest
D19	Main nav link to dashboard?	Open	Site navigation structure; discoverability of the status page	No nav link means the dashboard is published but not prominently reachable	Explicit yes/no decision prevents accidental omission; nav is currently minimal

Reading the diagram

Arrows mean “this decision must be made before the target decision can be fully resolved.”

Tiers are approximate urgency levels, not strict phases:

Tier 1 decisions are the most upstream and should be resolved at or immediately after the formation meeting.
Tier 2 follows as soon as Tier 1 is settled.
Tier 3 items are formation-meeting agenda items.
Tier 4 items are Stage 1 operational decisions that don’t depend on legal structure.
Tier 5 items are Stage 2 work; they appear here for completeness.

Click any node in the rendered diagram to open the relevant admin page. (Archive: not applicable in this copy.)

This map is maintained manually. When a decision in the register is made, add the date and outcome to the decision log and update the status column above.

Choice map

Choice Map — Bottom Pub Co-op

Decision register

Reading the diagram