Project Stewardship & Automatic Archival Protocol

"To maintain clarity and momentum within the Network-First Manifesto community, this proposal introduces a simple protocol for projects whose catalyst is no longer available to support them.

When a project catalyst explicitly indicates that they cannot continue stewarding the initiative, the project will automatically enter an archival state. The project channel will be archived and the initiative will be documented as a completed or paused experiment within the community’s knowledge base.

This mechanism serves several purposes: • It preserves the contributions and insights generated by the project. • It prevents inactive initiatives from creating confusion for new members. • It keeps the community’s project landscape clear and current.

Archival does not permanently close the initiative. Any member of the community may later propose to reactivate the project by stepping in as a new catalyst and presenting the proposal again at a Network Convergence for ratification.

This protocol recognizes that catalysts play a key stewardship role while ensuring that the community ecosystem remains healthy, transparent, and easy to navigate."