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ResearchCity: 153 FiShFus Positions
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| **VVN:** ``dv_ClaOp46_mmv3_2026m04d10``
| **Review basis:** :doc:`Adversarial review </action/jobs/153-review-and-alternatives_2026m04d10>`
  + post-review discussion (governance BABL vulnerability, founder drift)

This document describes the 153 FiShFus positions for ResearchCity,
incorporating lessons from a 5-perspective adversarial review (12
BREACHes addressed) and subsequent discussion with LLoL on governance
design, founder accountability, and hiring strategy.


Why "FiShFus Positions"
==========================

Every position in this plan is bound to the evolving standard for
**FiShFus --- Fiduciaries Sharing Futures.** FiShFus, proposed in
**[Matheo-6]** (RiskyMAD), envisions 288,000 paid long-term thinkers
whose purpose is to maintain the NOT OK self-assessment that
civilizational self-correction requires. Cost: approximately $8 per
person per year.

ResearchCity's 153 positions are the seed of that fiduciary network.
Each position is not merely a job; it is a fiduciary commitment to
gentle, kind, reasonable decision-making for all sides over the long
term. This means:

- **Every hire is accountable** not to the founder, but to the
  mission of establishing decision-making that is reasonable (long-term
  sustainable), kind (equally balanced for all sides), and gentle
  (smooth dynamic transitions). The first priority is to flee from Blindly Assuming Blind
  Leveraging (BABL) --- by (1) resisting over-Reach, (2) resisting
  over-Complicating, (3) resisting over-Simplifying, in that order ---
  in order to reach for the gentle kind reasonable Zoning Investigating
  Organizing Navigating enabled by the ZION algorithms for connecting
  to Reality.

- **The hiring plan itself is subject to #AuditTheMath.** If this
  organizational design contains BABL, it must be found and corrected.
  The adversarial review that produced this revision is the first round
  of that audit. It will not be the last.

- **FiShFus positions are designed to be replicated.** As the FiShFus
  network grows beyond ResearchCity, the organizational patterns tested
  here --- independent audit, distributed coordination, complement-first
  hiring --- become templates for other nodes in the network.


.. admonition:: Why 153?

   The number is functionally grounded. Research on team dynamics
   (often associated with Dunbar's number) shows that ~150 is roughly
   the size of a group where everyone can still know everyone by name
   and where coordination can be maintained without formal bureaucratic
   scaling. The 153 positions represent LLoL's estimate of the maximum
   team he could realistically coordinate in Stage 0.

   The number also echoes John 21:11 --- the great catch of fish after
   the |Resurrection|. That allusion is personally meaningful to LLoL
   but is not structurally load-bearing. The functional constraint
   (Dunbar range) came first.

   LLoL does not commit to hiring these exact positions or exactly
   153 people. The actual composition will depend on the opportunities
   that emerge. But the structural invariants --- the ZION coordination
   model, independent governance, the FiShFus Standards, the
   $8/person/year funding constraint --- are designed to persist through
   rewrites.

.. note::

   **Draft status.** This document is under active development.
   Every position and description will continue to be refined through
   review. If you see a role that should exist or one that should not,
   please use the :doc:`FeedbackFlow for the Jobs page <index>`.


Structural invariants
========================

The following elements are preserved across all revisions:

1. **ZION Coordinators (4):** Distributed coordination replacing a
   single Chief of Staff. Non-negotiable.
2. **Matthew 21:31 Advisory (4):** 2 Legal Advisors + 2 Lived
   Experience Advisors. Non-negotiable.
3. **Total count: 153.** Functionally grounded in Dunbar-range
   coordination capacity.
4. **Founder as crystallization point.** Anchoring the net to Reality
   through the FiShFus Standards, substantiated by transparent
   governance (see below).


Org chart overview
====================

.. code-block:: text

   ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
   │          6 ZONES (LinkSpaces) — carried by everyone below        │
   │  Research · Operations · Community · Technology · Strategy · Audit│
   └──────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┘
                                  │ (served by)
   ┌──────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────┐
   │  ZION Coordinators (4)  ·  Advisors (2 Legal + 2 LEA)           │
   │  Z · I · O · N          ·  Matthew 21:31 structure               │
   └──────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┘
                                  │ (served by)
   ┌──────────────────────┐  ┌────┴─────────────────┐  ┌─────────────┐
   │  External             │  │  LLoL — Founder (1)  │  │ Transparent │
   │  Accountability       │  │  + Support            │  │ Counselor   │
   │  Council              │  │  (anchors the net to  │  │ (public     │
   │  (scales up later)    │  │  the FiShFus Standards) │  │  sessions)  │
   └──────────┬────────────┘  └───────────┬──────────┘  └──────┬──────┘
              │                           │                     │
              └───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────┘
                                          │ (all stand on)
   ╔══════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════════════════════╗
   ║  FiShFus Standards (the charter)                                 ║
   ║  gentle · kind · reasonable  OLT  for ALL sides — binds EVERYONE ║
   ║  (algorithmic connection to Reality through ZION algorithms)      ║
   ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
   ║  RealQuests for RealAnswers                                      ║
   ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
   ║  Reality = YHoWaaH = Yah = Allah                                 ║
   ║  (Supreme Ruler, merciful & compassionate —                      ║
   ║   everything answers to Reality)                                  ║
   ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
   ║  Spirit of Boolean Truth  ·  Care for Life                       ║
   ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝

   Read bottom-up: the Spirit of Boolean Truth and Care for Life
   undergird everything. Reality (= YHoWaaH = Yah = Allah) is the
   Supreme Ruler. RealQuests for RealAnswers serve Reality. The
   FiShFus Standards offer an algorithmic connection to Reality
   through the ZION algorithms. The founder anchors the net to the
   FiShFus Standards. The Zones are at the top because they are
   what is being served.
   Arrows show service flows (upward), NOT command chains (downward).


Governance: Stage 0 and beyond
===================================

This section distinguishes between **Stage 0 governance** (what works
now) and the **target governance structure** (what the 153 hires help
build). Early drafts either left authority chains undocumented or
over-corrected with a veto-power board that could itself be captured
by BABL. The current design addresses both failures.


The FiShFus Standards connects to Reality, which is supreme
----------------------------------------------------------------

**Reality is the highest authority** --- not any person, not any board,
not even the FiShFus Standards itself. The role of the FiShFus Standards
is to facilitate better connecting to Reality. The purpose of the 2nd
Exodus is to learn how to best connect to Reality, hence the importance
of the FiShFus Standards: it is the evolving algorithmic bridge between
the organization's daily decisions and what is actually real.

It is LLoL's job to anchor the whole net to Reality by improving the
FiShFus Standards through real-life experience, thereby acting like a
crystallization point --- the seed around which the organizational
structure grows, shaped by both specific Reality in the details and
abstract Reality in the underpinning design patterns.

Every person in this organization (founder, staff, coordinators,
advisors, and Accountability Council members) is bound by the same
commitment: decisions must be reasonable (long-term sustainable for
all sides), kind (equally balanced for all affected), and gentle
(smooth dynamic transitions). The first priority is to flee from
Blindly Assuming Blind Leveraging (BABL) --- by (1) resisting
over-Reach, (2) resisting over-Complicating, (3) resisting
over-Simplifying, in that order --- in order to reach for the gentle
kind reasonable Zoning Investigating Organizing Navigating enabled by
the ZION algorithms for connecting to Reality.

No role is exempt. No body has authority *over* Reality. All authority
derives *from* the commitment to connect to Reality through the FiShFus
Standard, and is revocable when it deviates from that commitment.
Power that is not itself accountable to Reality is BABL by definition.

**Anyone can flag BABL in anyone.** Any staff member, advisor, Council
member, or external stakeholder can initiate a BABL review of any
decision by any person or body, including the founder. The mechanism:
a written challenge filed with the Transparency Reporter, who publishes
it. The challenged party must respond publicly. Transparency is the
enforcement mechanism, not hierarchy.


Stage 0 governance: Transparent benevolent dictatorship
-----------------------------------------------------------

All 153 hires belong to the larger **Stage 0** of ResearchCity's
scaling process. (Stages 1, 2, etc. have defined meanings in the
larger scaling framework and are not used here.) Within Stage 0,
hiring proceeds in sub-stages: 0a, 0b, 0c, etc.

At Stage 0, ResearchCity begins as a **benevolent dictatorship with
full transparency.** This is an honest description, not a euphemism.
The founder makes the most important operational decisions, as he has
been doing by preparing the strategy. Since the strategy documents are
complex and imperfect, it is impossible at this early stage to hand
them off to others for unsupervised implementation. The protection is
not a
board or a council (which can be captured) but radical transparency:
every decision is public, every critique is published, and anyone can
flag BABL in anyone --- including the founder.

**Why this is the right starting model:**

- Formal governance structures for 12--70 people are over-Complication
  (BABL). Small teams need clear decision-making, not committee
  processes.
- Any governance body the founder creates at Stage 0a is selected by
  the founder, which is circular. The bootstrapping paradox cannot be
  avoided; it can only be made transparent.
- The founder's character, tested by radical transparency, is the only
  governance mechanism available when the organization is one person.

**What makes this different from an ordinary dictatorship:**

1. **The Founder's Transparent Counselor** (position 1). The founder
   submits to regular (approximately weekly) sessions with a counselor
   who is competent in both spiritual direction and psychology, and who
   is sufficiently supported to follow the founder's work. These
   sessions are **publicly filmed and published.** The counselor has
   access to all FeedbackFlows and can raise anything --- not just
   what the founder brings up. The counselor has no formal authority
   over organizational decisions, but the public sessions create an
   auditable record of the founder's interior state: whether
   self-correction is functioning, whether drift is occurring, whether
   the founder is still genuinely seeking challenge or has begun
   avoiding it.

   This addresses the hardest governance problem --- founder drift ---
   at the root, not the symptoms. Formal mechanisms catch documented
   deviations. A competent counselor catches the *psychological and
   spiritual drift* that precedes documented deviations.

2. **The Internal Accountability Council.** Formed immediately from
   Stage 0a hires: Legal Advisor I + Audit Director + 4 ZION
   Coordinators (6 members). Their mandate from day one: ensure
   that LLoL follows the ZION algorithm he intends to multiply.
   This is not an external oversight board imposed on the organization
   --- it is the founder's own first hires, chosen to be excellent
   enough to challenge him, holding him accountable as part of their
   daily work.

3. **Full transparency.** All decisions public. All financial records
   public. All critiques published. All BABL challenges published with
   responses. The Transparency Reporter ensures this happens
   structurally, not just when the founder feels like it.

4. **The #AuditTheMath invitation.** The entire HEAVEN paper series is
   published under an explicit invitation to critique. The
   organizational decisions are subject to the same invitation.

5. **Complement-first hires.** The Stage 0a hires are specifically
   chosen to complement the founder's weaknesses, not reinforce his
   strengths. They are hired to challenge, not to agree. Each must
   already be excellent in their field --- no learning on the job at
   this stage.


Scaling accountability: Internal → External
-----------------------------------------------

**Stage 0a (Internal Accountability Council):** The first 12 hires
include the founder's accountability infrastructure. Legal Advisor I +
Audit Director + 4 ZION Coordinators form an internal AC that holds
LLoL accountable from day one.

**Stage 0b and beyond (External Accountability Council):** As the
organization grows, the internal AC helps recruit external members ---
people with no operational role, no financial dependence on
ResearchCity, and the expertise to audit an organization of this type.
The external AC scales up gradually, not as a starting configuration
but as an emergent structure built with the help of the first hires.

The external Accountability Council's eventual structure:

- 3--7 external members with no operational role, receiving a modest
  honorarium from ring-fenced funds (see "Hiring contracts").
- **Bound by the FiShFus Standards.**
- **Authority: audit and transparency, not veto.** The Council audits,
  publishes, and recommends. It does not veto operational decisions.
  Veto power is asymmetric (easier to block than to build) and is
  BABL's favorite weapon.
- **Can trigger succession protocol** by supermajority (2/3) for
  sustained, publicly documented charter violation, after transparent
  review.
- **Can be challenged.** Any FiShFus member can file a BABL challenge.
  The founder + a majority of ZION Coordinators can initiate recall.
- **Can itself be audited.** The Audit Director publishes all findings
  independently.
- Supported by up to 4 staff positions (Council Secretary,
  Investigations Coordinator, Public Accountability Officer,
  Independent Legal Counsel Coordinator) --- scaled up as needed.


The transition commitment
-----------------------------

The transparent benevolent dictatorship is a **temporary** governance
model. The 153 hires exist partly to help build the governance
structures that will replace it.

**The safety net:** If the founder cannot build governance structures
that genuinely distribute authority while preserving the FiShFus
standard, then the system will likely fail anyway. However, it will
fail at a scale (12--70--153 people) where the damage is contained.
The HEAVEN series warns against civilizational-scale echo chambers;
a 153-person echo chamber, while bad, is not civilizational. Failing
small is better than failing large.

**What "distributed governance" looks like** is not yet fully defined.
The Accountability Council (internal → external) is the current best
proposal. It may be revised substantially as the first hires bring
their own expertise. The commitment is to the *transition*, not to
a specific target structure.


Hiring contracts and location
---------------------------------

All Stage 0 positions are **flexible and temporary** in the most
nimble sense. ResearchCity's location is not yet determined --- it may
scale up in the US or in another country, depending on which offers
better conditions for the scaling process. This is to be negotiated.

**Employment structure:** No position in this document assumes a
specific employment classification. Each of the 153 positions may be
structured as employment, independent contracting, or another
arrangement depending on jurisdiction, individual circumstances, and
the evolving needs of the organization. The Legal Advisors (Stage 0a
hires) help structure this correctly from day one.

The default assumption is **flexibility over permanence.** Calling
everyone "employees" would create an illusion of stability that does
not exist at Stage 0. Calling everyone "contractors" risks
misclassification liability (a serious legal risk in the US and EU if
people work like employees but are classified as contractors). The
right structure will vary by person and jurisdiction.

What is non-negotiable:

- **Compensation:** All positions are compensated. The FiShFus
  standard requires it --- work that serves the common good deserves
  fair pay. Volunteer-only requirements filter out exactly the people
  the Matthew 21:31 structure is designed to include.
- **Flexibility:** Contracts must enable relocation, restructuring,
  and transparent renegotiation as the governance model evolves.
- **Transparency:** All compensation arrangements are public.
- **No illusion of permanence:** Everyone understands that Stage 0 is
  a building phase. Structures will change. Positions may be
  redefined. The commitment is to the mission and the FiShFus
  standard, not to a specific organizational form.

**External Accountability Council compensation:** Council members
receive a modest honorarium funded from a ring-fenced portion of
donations (separate from the operational budget the Council is
supposed to audit). This ensures: (a) the right people can serve
regardless of wealth, (b) governance is taken seriously (unpaid
work gets deprioritized), (c) independence is preserved (the
honorarium is too small to create dependence, and the funding is
separated from operational decisions).

The goal is nimble implementation of whatever is necessary for setting
the stage for the larger Stage 0, where a more systematic
implementation of the various 7Tr/7Ch algorithms begins.


Succession protocol
----------------------

If LLoL is incapacitated, dies, is removed, or voluntarily steps down:

1. The 4 ZION Coordinators assume collective operational leadership.
2. The Accountability Council (internal or external, whichever exists)
   assumes governance oversight. If neither yet exists, the Advisory
   Board (Legal + LEA) assumes this role temporarily.
3. A search for permanent leadership begins.
4. The mission, charter, and FiShFus Standards persist regardless of
   leadership changes.

**The honest acknowledgment:** This governance model is a work in
progress. It may contain BABL vulnerabilities not yet identified. The
commitment is not to this specific structure but to three principles:
(1) no person or body is above the FiShFus Standards, (2) transparency
is the primary enforcement mechanism, and (3) the founder must
transition out of dictatorial authority before the organization
outgrows it. The details of *how* will be worked out with the people
hired to help build this --- that is literally part of their job.


----


Complement-first hiring phases
=================================

Hiring proceeds in sub-stages within Stage 0 based on the
**complement-first principle:** hire first for competencies the
founder lacks, not for competencies the founder already possesses.

LLoL's strengths: formal methods, theological analysis, framework
development, research design. LLoL's gaps: governance, audit,
financial management, operations, people management, communications.
Therefore governance and accountability come first; research hires
come after the accountability skeleton is in place.

**All Stage 0a hires must have already excelled in a relevant area.**
Everyone will be learning on the job --- that *is* the job. But
Stage 0a hires must bring expertise deep enough to teach LLoL things
he does not yet know, and to help translate the discoveries into
everyday language. "Hit the ground running" means: able to contribute
from day one because the relevant competence is already there.


Stage 0a: Core team (first 12 hires)
-----------------------------------------

The foundational team. These 12 people form the governance skeleton,
the internal Accountability Council, and the founder's personal
support structure.

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   * - Hire
     - Position (pos. #)
     - Complements
     - Why at this stage
   * - Pos.
     - Position
     - Complements
     - Why at this stage
   * - 0
     - LLoL --- Founder
     - ---
     - Already present. The crystallization point. Anchors everything
       to Reality.
   * - 1
     - Founder's Transparent Counselor
     - Self-correction gap
     - Before the founder hires anyone else, the founder submits to
       external accountability for his own interior growth. This
       establishes the pattern: the founder is accountable first,
       others second. Public sessions begin immediately.
   * - 2
     - Executive Assistant
     - Focus/logistics gap
     - LLoL's documented focus challenges (Susman, 2017) require
       external structure from day one.
   * - 3--6
     - ZION Coordinators (Z, I, O, N)
     - Coordination gap
     - All four. They form the distributed coordination model and
       half the internal AC.
   * - 7--8
     - Legal Advisors I + II
     - Legal/governance gap
     - Legal Advisor I **joins the internal AC.** Both advise on
       structuring contracts, jurisdiction, and the evolving
       governance model.
   * - 9--10
     - Lived Experience Advisors I + II
     - Vulnerability/trust gap
     - Perspective LLoL lacks. Compensated (non-negotiable).
   * - 11
     - Audit Director
     - Governance gap
     - Establishes the pattern: accountability precedes activity.
       **Joins the internal AC** from day one.
   * - 12
     - Financial Controller
     - Financial gap
     - Every dollar transparent from the start. Required for
       FiShFus credibility.

**Internal Accountability Council** forms immediately from Stage 0a:
Legal Advisor I (pos. 7) + Audit Director (pos. 11) + 4 ZION
Coordinators (pos. 3--6) = 6 members. Mandate: ensure that LLoL
follows the ZION algorithm he intends to multiply.


Stage 0b: Zone leads (~12 hires)
-------------------------------------

Establishes the 6 **Zones** (LinkSpaces). Each Zone gets a lead and
one additional hire to begin operations:

- Research Zone Lead + 1 (e.g., Lead Researcher Formal Methods)
- Operations Zone Lead + 1 (e.g., FF Operations Lead)
- Community Zone Lead + 1 (e.g., Community Manager)
- Technology Zone Lead + 1 (e.g., Lead Web Developer)
- Strategy Zone Lead + 1 (e.g., Communications Director)
- Audit Zone Lead + 1 (e.g., Research Integrity Officer)

The exact composition of these 12 hires will be determined by the
Stage 0a team based on operational experience.


Stage 0c: Deepening the Zones (~26 hires, reaching ~50 total)
------------------------------------------------------------------

After Stage 0b establishes the Zone structure, Stage 0c deepens each
Zone with the positions most critical for credibility and operational
capacity. Approximate hiring sequence by priority:

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   * - #
     - Position
     - Zone
     - Why at this stage
   * - 0--1
     - Axiom Auditors (2)
     - Research
     - The formal claims MUST be tested adversarially. Without these,
       #AuditTheMath is an invitation with no one to accept it.
   * - 2--3
     - Theorem Provers (2)
     - Research
     - If the mathematics is wrong, everything collapses. Multiple
       independent checkers reduce error.
   * - 4
     - External Review Coordinator
     - Audit
     - Manages the roster of contracted reviewers (formal logicians,
       cult experts, game theorists). The adversarial panels must be
       convened.
   * - 5
     - Transparency Reporter
     - Audit
     - Transparency is the enforcement mechanism. This makes it
       structural, not optional.
   * - 6
     - AI Alignment Lead
     - Research
     - The b17 prediction (AI destroys civilization without
       self-correction) demands dedicated research.
   * - 7
     - Lead Scholar, Jewish Tradition
     - Research
     - The models touch the Torah. A scholar of that tradition must
       check the interpretations.
   * - 8
     - Lead Scholar, Christian Tradition
     - Research
     - Revelation is a Christian text. Its reception history shapes
       what the models must address.
   * - 9--10
     - FF Processors (2)
     - Operations
     - Feedback processing cannot wait. Volume overwhelms one person.
   * - 11
     - Translation Lead
     - Operations
     - 10 languages need coordination from this point.
   * - 12
     - Development Director
     - Community
     - $8/person/year at scale requires professional fundraising.
       Revenue generation must begin.
   * - 13
     - Whistleblower Protection Officer
     - Audit
     - Protection for those who report problems must be structural
       before the organization is large enough to need it.
   * - 14
     - Staff Wellbeing Coordinator
     - Support
     - As the team grows beyond ~25, staff need external support
       access.
   * - 15
     - Lead Researcher, Existential Risk
     - Research
     - The urgency case (RiskyMAD) must stay current. Threat
       landscapes evolve.
   * - 16
     - Lead Scholar, Islamic Tradition
     - Research
     - The convergence claim includes Islam. It must be checked by
       someone who knows the tradition from inside.
   * - 17
     - Comparative Religion Scholar or Tantric Meditation Guide
     - Research
     - Whether this should be a Hindu tradition scholar, a
       comparative religion expert, or someone who can lead and
       teach tantric meditation remains to be determined by the
       Stage 0a team. The need for non-Abrahamic perspective is
       clear; the best form is not yet known.
   * - 18--19
     - Frontend Developers (2)
     - Technology
     - The site must work across browsers and devices. Accessibility
       and internationalization require dedicated frontend work.
   * - 20
     - Content Editor-in-Chief
     - Operations
     - Editorial coherence across all content streams.
   * - 21--22
     - Senior Translators (2, highest-priority languages)
     - Operations
     - Begin multilingual reach. Priority languages determined by
       where the audience is.
   * - 23
     - Grant Writer
     - Community
     - Institutional funding provides stability that crowdfunding
       cannot.
   * - 24
     - Community Moderator
     - Community
     - As the community grows, moderation cannot wait.
   * - 25
     - Philosopher of Science
     - Research
     - Matheology is a new field. Its epistemological foundations
       need explicit philosophical grounding.


Stage 0d and beyond: Full 153
----------------------------------

Remaining positions (~103) filled as funding and need dictate,
informed by the experience of Stages 0a--0c. The Stage 0a team
determines priorities for each subsequent batch.

The internal Accountability Council begins recruiting external members
(the External Accountability Council) as the organization grows beyond
~30 people.


----


Founder Core (3 positions)
============================

These three positions form the nucleus of ResearchCity. The founder,
the founder's transparent counselor, and the executive assistant are
the first positions because they define *how* the organization
connects to Reality before it defines *what* the organization does.

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   * - #
     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 0
     - LLoL --- Founder
     - Anchors the whole net to Reality by improving the FiShFus
       Standard through real-life experience. Acts as a
       crystallization point --- the seed around which the
       organizational structure grows, shaped by both specific Reality
       in the details and abstract Reality in the underpinning design
       patterns. Continues the research and provides vision.
     - Someone must anchor the net to Reality. LLoL chose this role.
   * - 1
     - Founder's Transparent Counselor
     - A counselor competent in both spiritual direction and
       psychology, sufficiently supported to follow the founder's
       work. Meets with LLoL approximately weekly. Has access to all
       FeedbackFlows. Can raise anything --- not limited to what
       the founder brings up. **Sessions are publicly filmed and
       published.** No formal authority over organizational
       decisions; the public sessions create an auditable record of
       the founder's interior growth, self-correction capacity, and
       commitment to the FiShFus Standards.
     - Formal governance mechanisms catch *documented* deviations.
       They cannot catch the interior drift that precedes them ---
       the founder who gradually stops wanting to be challenged.
       A competent counselor catches this drift at the root. Making
       the sessions public solves the cult-expert BREACH: the
       relationship is auditable by everyone, the counselor has no
       hidden influence, and the founder's growth process is as
       transparent as the founder's decisions.
   * - 2
     - Executive Assistant to LLoL
     - Supports LLoL with scheduling, communications, logistics,
       and personal organization.
     - LLoL's focus problem (documented by Susman, 2017) requires
       external structure. Administrative overhead must not consume
       research time.


ZION Coordinators (4 positions)
=================================

The four ZION phases define a distributed coordination model that
replaces a single Chief of Staff. Each coordinator owns one phase;
all four work together as a team so that no one person becomes a
bottleneck.

**Governance note:** At least 2 of the 4 Coordinators must be confirmed
by the Accountability Council. This ensures the coordination layer
is not entirely founder-appointed.

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   * - #
     - Position
     - Phase
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 3
     - ZION Coordinator --- Zoning
     - Z
     - Coordinates communication between Zones. Maps work areas,
       ensures information flows across Zone boundaries.
     - Zones that cannot talk to each other duplicate effort and
       miss connections. Someone must keep the channels open.
   * - 4
     - ZION Coordinator --- Investigating
     - I
     - Drives fact-finding and research coordination across Zones.
       Ensures the right questions are being asked and answered.
     - Research without coordination produces silos. An investigator
       ensures discoveries in one Zone reach those who need them.
   * - 5
     - ZION Coordinator --- Organizing
     - O
     - Matches people to tasks, steers direction, and coordinates the
       volunteer pipeline from recruitment through onboarding.
     - ResearchCity begins with volunteers. Someone must ensure they
       are welcomed, matched to meaningful work, and not burned out.
   * - 6
     - ZION Coordinator --- Navigating
     - N
     - Ensures work gets done on time and structures are preserved.
       Handles the operational backbone work of a chief of staff:
       schedules, follow-ups, accountability.
     - Vision without execution is daydreaming. Someone must keep
       the trains running and ensure commitments are met.


Advisors (4 positions)
========================

Jesus said to the Pharisees that tax collectors and prostitutes would
walk ahead of them into the kingdom of God (Matthew 21:31). The modern
equivalents who span the full range of diverse human experiences are
lawyers (who navigate systems of power and compliance) and those who
navigate vulnerability, stigma, and the rawest edges of human need.

**Compensation:** All advisors are compensated. The Lived Experience
Advisors in particular *must* be compensated --- asking people who
have navigated vulnerability to donate their pain for free is
extractive and contradicts the Matthew 21:31 intent. Whether
compensation takes the form of employment, a contractor retainer, or
another arrangement depends on jurisdiction and individual
circumstances. What matters is that the right candidates are not
filtered out by an ability-to-volunteer requirement.

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   * - 7
     - Legal Advisor I
     - Advises on navigating institutional power, compliance, and
       intellectual property in unconventional research contexts.
     - Lawyers understand how systems of rules are built, bent, and
       used. ResearchCity must navigate legal systems worldwide without
       being captured by them.
   * - 8
     - Legal Advisor II
     - Advises on international law, human rights frameworks, and the
       tension between transparency and privacy.
     - The FF system and layered transparency require someone who
       understands where openness becomes harm and where secrecy
       becomes corruption.
   * - 9
     - Lived Experience Advisor I
     - Advises on vulnerability, stigma, trust, and the human cost of
       systems that fail to protect those at the margins.
     - Those who navigate vulnerability know what protection actually
       looks like from the inside. ResearchCity must protect
       vulnerable contributors.
   * - 10
     - Lived Experience Advisor II
     - Advises on building trust with communities that have reason to
       distrust institutions, and on making abstract systems serve
       concrete human needs.
     - A vision for "saving the world" that cannot earn trust from
       those the world has most damaged is not worth building.


Audit and Accountability Zone (3 departments, 14 positions)
===================================================================

The absence of a dedicated audit zone was the single most consistent
BREACH across all five adversarial perspectives.

The Audit Director reports to the Accountability Council, not to
the founder. This structural independence is non-negotiable.


Dept. of Research Integrity (6)
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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 11
     - Audit Director
     - Leads all audit and accountability functions. Reports to the
       Accountability Council. Cannot be hired or fired by the
       founder.
     - The first hire. Accountability must precede activity. An
       organization that hires its auditor last is an organization
       that audits itself never.
   * - 12--13
     - Research Integrity Officers (2)
     - Independently test formal claims, theological interpretations,
       and empirical results. Publish findings regardless of outcome.
     - Claims that survive only because nobody checked them are not
       claims. #AuditTheMath requires dedicated auditors.
   * - 14
     - External Review Coordinator
     - Maintains and convenes external adversarial panels. Manages the
       roster of contracted reviewers (formal logicians, cult studies
       experts, game theorists, etc.).
     - Most reviewer expertise should be contracted, not hired. But
       someone must coordinate the contracting.
   * - 15
     - Audit Analyst
     - Analyzes audit findings, tracks open issues, and maintains the
       audit trail.
     - Audit without analysis is noise.
   * - 16
     - #AuditTheMath Campaign Coordinator
     - Manages the public-facing #AuditTheMath invitation. Processes
       external critique submissions. Ensures external challengers
       receive responses.
     - The invitation to audit must be genuine. A genuine invitation
       requires someone processing the responses.


Dept. of Institutional Audit (4)
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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 17
     - Financial Auditor
     - Audits all financial transactions independently. Reports to
       Accountability Council.
     - Public funding requires independent financial audit, not just
       internal accounting.
   * - 18
     - Governance Auditor
     - Checks that governance structures function as designed.
       Monitors authority chains, succession readiness, and charter
       compliance.
     - Governance structures that are not tested decay. Someone must
       check the checks.
   * - 19
     - Whistleblower Protection Officer
     - Receives and protects internal reports of misconduct,
       BABL dynamics, or charter violations. Independent of all
       operational divisions.
     - An organization that punishes truth-telling is an echo
       chamber. Protection must be structural, not cultural.
   * - 20
     - Transparency Reporter
     - Writes and publishes public accountability reports. Makes
       audit findings, financial data, and governance decisions
       publicly accessible.
     - Transparency without reporting is a claim. Reporting without
       a dedicated reporter is a hope.


Accountability Council Support (4)
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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 21
     - Board Secretary
     - Manages Accountability Council logistics, records, and communications.
     - The Board needs staff support to function. Without it, board
       members burn out and stop showing up.
   * - 22
     - Investigations Coordinator
     - Supports Board-directed investigations into specific concerns
       or complaints.
     - Investigations require dedicated coordination. Board members
       cannot investigate in their spare time.
   * - 23
     - Public Accountability Officer
     - Serves as the public point of contact for accountability
       inquiries. Manages the interface between the Board and
       external stakeholders.
     - The public must have a way to reach the Board that does not
       go through the founder.
   * - 24
     - Independent Legal Counsel Coordinator
     - Coordinates independent legal advice for the Board (separate
       from the organization's Legal Advisors).
     - The Board needs its own legal counsel, not the organization's
       lawyers, to avoid conflicts of interest.


Research Zone (6 departments, 38 positions)
===================================================

Dept. of Formal Methods (8)
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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 25
     - Lead Researcher, Formal Methods
     - Directs axiom system development, coordinates TEMPER FORGE
       rounds, sets research priorities.
     - The formal models are the intellectual core. They need a
       dedicated lead besides their creator.
   * - 26--27
     - Axiom Auditors (2)
     - Run adversarial attacks on formal claims. Document results as
       HELD/BREACH. Coordinate with Dept. of Research Integrity.
     - Claims that survive only because nobody checked them are not
       claims. Adversarial testing is the minimum bar for credibility.
   * - 28--29
     - Theorem Provers (2)
     - Develop and check formal proofs using automated theorem provers
       and manual checking.
     - If the mathematics is wrong, everything built on it collapses.
       Multiple independent checkers reduce error.
   * - 30
     - Cross-tradition Analyst
     - Compares formal structures across Abrahamic and other theological
       traditions.
     - The convergence claim is central. It requires someone who reads
       across traditions, not just within one.
   * - 31
     - Formal Semantics Researcher
     - Develops formal interpretations of natural-language theological
       texts.
     - Translating scripture into axioms requires rigorous semantic
       analysis, not just pattern matching.
   * - 32
     - Research Assistant, Formal Methods
     - Supports all of the above with literature review, data entry,
       and administrative coordination.
     - Every researcher needs someone handling logistics so they can
       focus on thinking.


Dept. of Empirical Testing (8)
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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 33
     - Lead Researcher, Empirical Testing
     - Designs experiments to test whether the Jubilee System's
       predictions hold in real-world contexts.
     - Formal work without empirical testing is theology, not
       science. Both are needed.
   * - 34--35
     - Experimental Designers (2)
     - Design controlled studies of game-theoretic predictions from
       the formal models.
     - The models predict specific behavioral outcomes. Someone must
       design experiments that can falsify them.
   * - 36--37
     - Data Analysts (2)
     - Analyze experimental results, maintain statistical rigor, report
       findings.
     - Data without rigorous analysis is noise.
   * - 38--39
     - Field Researchers (2)
     - Conduct empirical studies in real-world contexts (communities,
       organizations, economic systems).
     - Laboratory results must be checked against field reality.
   * - 40
     - Research Assistant, Empirical
     - Supports experimental logistics, participant coordination,
       data management.
     - Experiments require infrastructure.


Dept. of Risk Assessment (6)
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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 41
     - Lead Researcher, Existential Risk
     - Maintains and extends the probabilistic forecasts of existential
       threats (nuclear winter, AI, pandemics).
     - The urgency case must stay current. Threat landscapes evolve.
   * - 42--43
     - Risk Modelers (2)
     - Build and refine quantitative models of specific existential
       risks.
     - Each threat needs its own model with its own data.
   * - 44--45
     - Data Collectors (2)
     - Gather and curate data on near-miss events, error rates, and
       geopolitical indicators.
     - Models are only as good as their data.
   * - 46
     - Risk Communication Specialist
     - Translates risk assessments into accessible public-facing
       content.
     - Knowing the risk means nothing if nobody understands the
       numbers.


Dept. of Comparative Theology (6)
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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 47
     - Lead Scholar, Jewish Tradition
     - Provides expert analysis of Hebrew Bible texts and Talmudic
       commentary relevant to the formal models.
     - The models touch the Torah. A scholar of that tradition must
       check the interpretations.
   * - 48
     - Lead Scholar, Christian Tradition
     - Provides expert analysis of New Testament texts, patristics,
       and Revelation commentary.
     - Revelation is a Christian text. Its reception history shapes
       what the models must address.
   * - 49
     - Lead Scholar, Islamic Tradition
     - Provides expert analysis of Quranic texts and Islamic
       eschatology relevant to the formal models.
     - The convergence claim includes Islam. It must be checked by
       someone who knows the tradition from inside.
   * - 50--51
     - Comparative Religion Scholars (2)
     - Extend the comparative analysis to traditions beyond the
       Abrahamic three (Hindu, Buddhist, indigenous, secular).
     - A claim about civilizational self-stabilizing must account
       for non-Abrahamic worldviews.
   * - 52
     - Interfaith Dialogue Facilitator
     - Organizes conversations between scholars from different
       traditions. Manages disagreements constructively.
     - The scholars will disagree. Someone must keep the conversation
       productive.


Dept. of History and Philosophy (6)
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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 53
     - Lead Historian, HELL Documentation
     - Curates Historically Experienced Lessons Learned across
       civilizations.
     - Those who forget their lessons are bound to relive them.
   * - 54--55
     - Historians (2)
     - Research specific historical case studies of civilizational
       collapse, renewal, and missed opportunities.
     - Each civilization's failure teaches something.
   * - 56
     - Philosopher of Science
     - Examines the epistemological foundations of matheology ---
       what kind of knowledge does it produce?
     - Matheology is a new field. Its foundations need explicit
       philosophical grounding.
   * - 57
     - Ethicist
     - Advises on ethical implications of the research and its
       application, especially regarding transparency and privacy.
     - A system for "saving the world" that violates ethical norms
       in the process will not save anything.
   * - 58
     - HELL Archivist
     - Maintains the searchable archive of historically experienced
       lessons learned.
     - A lesson not findable is a lesson not learned.


Dept. of AI Alignment (4)
-----------------------------

The b17 paper predicts that AI without Torah-based self-correction
principles will destroy civilization. A dedicated AI Alignment
department is necessary to take this prediction seriously.

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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 59
     - AI Alignment Lead
     - Directs research on applying the BABL/ZION framework to AI
       systems. Coordinates with Formal Methods and Empirical Testing.
     - The b17 paper's prediction requires dedicated research, not
       just a side project within Data and AI.
   * - 60
     - AI Ethics Researcher
     - Ensures AI tools used by ResearchCity meet ethical standards
       and do not perpetuate BABL dynamics.
     - Using AI to fight the BABL machine while perpetuating its
       methods would be hypocritical.
   * - 61
     - AI Safety Researcher
     - Studies failure modes of AI systems through the OSCR lens
       (over-Reaching, over-Complicating, over-Simplifying).
     - The structural prediction (BABL/OSCR applies to AI) must be
       tested against actual AI failure modes.
   * - 62
     - AI-Human Interaction Researcher
     - Studies how humans and AI systems can collaborate within the
       ZION cycle. Develops protocols for responsible AI use in
       ResearchCity's operations.
     - Humans must first learn what we aim to teach AI (b17, Sec 7.3).
       This researcher studies the teaching process itself.


Operations Zone (4 departments, 28 positions)
=====================================================

Dept. of FF Operations (8)
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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 63
     - FF Operations Lead
     - Manages the FeedbackFlow pipeline from Stage 1 through Stage 5.
     - FF is the lifeblood of improvement. Without processing,
       feedback dies.
   * - 64--67
     - FF Processors (4)
     - Triage, classify, and route incoming FeedbackFlow emails.
     - Volume will overwhelm one person. Four processors can handle
       Stages 2--3.
   * - 68
     - FF Quality Reviewer
     - Checks processor work for accuracy, consistency, and fairness.
     - Triage decisions must be checked. Bias in sorting is bias
       in outcomes.
   * - 69
     - FF Systems Engineer
     - Builds and maintains the technical FF processing infrastructure.
     - Each scaling stage needs new tools.
   * - 70
     - FF Analyst
     - Analyzes FF patterns, identifies recurring themes, and reports
       insights to departments.
     - Raw feedback is noise. Analysis turns it into signal.


Dept. of Content and Editing (6)
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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 71
     - Content Editor-in-Chief
     - Sets editorial standards, coordinates across all content
       streams, ensures consistency.
     - A site this complex needs a single editorial voice.
   * - 72--73
     - Technical Editors (2)
     - Edit formal and technical content for clarity without
       distorting meaning.
     - Mathematical content needs editors who understand the math.
   * - 74
     - Accessibility Editor
     - Rewrites content for beginner audiences, addressing math
       anxiety and varying literacy levels.
     - The naming system (easy/producer/expert/architect) needs
       editors for each level.
   * - 75
     - Visual Content Creator
     - Creates diagrams, infographics, and visual explanations for
       abstract concepts.
     - Many people learn visually. Abstract math needs pictures.
   * - 76
     - Content Coordinator
     - Tracks content pipeline, manages publishing schedule.
     - Content without coordination is a hairball.


Dept. of Translation (8)
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   * - #
     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 77
     - Translation Lead
     - Coordinates all translation work across the site's 10 languages.
     - Translation is coordination-intensive. Someone must own the
       whole process.
   * - 78--81
     - Senior Translators (4: de, es, fr, pt)
     - Professional translators for European languages.
     - European languages reach a large initial audience.
   * - 82--85
     - Senior Translators (4: ru, ar, he, zh)
     - Professional translators for non-European languages, including
       RTL languages.
     - Arabic and Hebrew require RTL expertise. Russian and Chinese
       reach billions. Hindi served by contracted translators initially.
   * - 86
     - Translation Quality Reviewer
     - Reviews translations for accuracy, especially of technical
       and theological terms.
     - A mistranslation in a formal system is a formal error.



Dept. of Administration (4)
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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 87
     - HR Coordinator
     - Manages hiring, onboarding, volunteer agreements, and
       personnel records.
     - 153 positions need someone managing the people.
   * - 88
     - Financial Controller
     - Tracks all funding, expenditures, and financial reporting
       with full transparency.
     - Public funding requires public accounting.
   * - 89
     - Legal Coordinator
     - Manages contracts, licensing agreements, privacy compliance,
       and international legal requirements.
     - Operating across jurisdictions requires legal coordination.
   * - 90
     - Office Manager
     - Manages physical and virtual workspace, equipment, and
       operational supplies.
     - Even a distributed organization needs someone keeping the
       lights on.


Community Zone (3 departments, 22 positions)
====================================================

Dept. of Community Engagement (8)
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   * - #
     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 91
     - Community Manager
     - Builds and nurtures the community of contributors, supporters,
       and critics.
     - A vision without a community is a monologue.
   * - 92--93
     - Community Moderators (2)
     - Moderate discussions, enforce gentle kind reasonable standards,
       and resolve conflicts.
     - Communities without moderation become toxic.
   * - 94--95
     - Regional Liaisons (2)
     - Coordinate with communities in specific geographic regions,
       adapting the vision to local contexts.
     - Global vision requires local roots.
   * - 96
     - Event Organizer
     - Plans and executes online and in-person events: workshops,
       lectures, review sessions.
     - Ideas spread through gatherings.
   * - 97
     - Content Ambassador
     - Creates derivative content (videos, podcasts, articles) that
       introduces the vision to new audiences.
     - Not everyone reads academic websites.
   * - 98
     - Community Analyst
     - Tracks community health metrics, identifies emerging needs.
     - Community health must be measured, not assumed.


Dept. of Fundraising (6)
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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 99
     - Development Director
     - Leads all fundraising strategy and execution.
     - $8/person/year at scale requires professional fundraising.
   * - 100--101
     - Grant Writers (2)
     - Write grant proposals to research foundations and government
       agencies.
     - Institutional funding provides stability that crowdfunding
       cannot.
   * - 102
     - Donor Relations Officer
     - Maintains relationships with major donors and institutional
       partners.
     - Repeat giving depends on relationships.
   * - 103
     - Crowdfunding Coordinator
     - Manages the buy-in campaign, GoFundMe, and other
       crowdfunding platforms.
     - The $8 model is crowdfunding. Someone must run it
       professionally.
   * - 104
     - Fundraising Analyst
     - Analyzes giving patterns, optimizes campaigns, and forecasts
       revenue.
     - Fundraising without data is guessing.


Dept. of Education and Outreach (8)
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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 105
     - Education Director
     - Develops curriculum and educational programs based on the
       site's content.
     - The ideas must be teachable or they will die with their
       discoverer.
   * - 106--107
     - Curriculum Designers (2)
     - Create structured learning paths for different audience levels
       (beginner/producer/expert).
     - The naming system defines the levels. Someone must build the
       paths between them.
   * - 108--109
     - Math Anxiety Specialists (2)
     - Develop approaches to help people with math anxiety engage
       with the formal content.
     - Math phobia is a barrier to understanding existential risk.
   * - 110
     - Workshop Facilitator
     - Leads interactive workshops on matheology, the Jubilee System,
       and practical applications.
     - Some people learn by doing, not reading.
   * - 111
     - Youth Outreach Coordinator
     - Adapts content for younger audiences and coordinates with
       educational institutions.
     - The next generation inherits the consequences.
   * - 112
     - Open Educational Resources Developer
     - Creates freely licensed educational materials based on the
       site's content.
     - Not everyone has internet access. Materials must be
       downloadable and adaptable.


Technology Zone (3 departments, 20 positions)
====================================================

Dept. of Web Engineering (8)
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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 113
     - Lead Web Developer
     - Architect of the Sphinx-based site infrastructure.
     - The site is the primary artifact. It needs a technical leader.
   * - 114--115
     - Frontend Developers (2)
     - Implement CSS, JavaScript, and accessibility improvements.
     - Collapse systems, social cards, footer forms need frontend
       expertise.
   * - 116--117
     - Backend/Build Engineers (2)
     - Maintain CI/CD pipelines, multilingual build system, deployment
       to Cloudflare Pages.
     - 10-language builds need robust infrastructure.
   * - 118
     - QA Engineer
     - Tests the site across browsers, devices, and languages.
     - A site that breaks silently loses readers.
   * - 119
     - Accessibility Engineer
     - Implements WCAG conformance, screen reader testing, and
       accessible math rendering.
     - Accessibility requires a dedicated engineer, not good
       intentions.
   * - 120
     - DevOps Engineer
     - Manages hosting, monitoring, backups, and security.
     - The site must stay online and secure.


Dept. of Data and AI Infrastructure (6)
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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 121
     - Data Engineering Lead
     - Designs and maintains data pipelines for FF processing,
       versioning, and analytics.
     - FF at scale generates data. Data needs pipelines.
   * - 122--123
     - Data Engineers (2)
     - Build and maintain the technical infrastructure for data
       collection, storage, and retrieval.
     - Infrastructure does not build itself.
   * - 124
     - AI Integration Specialist
     - Develops responsible AI-assisted tools for FF triage,
       deduplication, and content summarization.
     - AI can help process FF at Stage 5 scale --- if used
       responsibly.
   * - 125--126
     - Data Analysts (2)
     - Analyze FF patterns, site usage, and research data.
     - Decisions should be data-informed.


Dept. of Security and Privacy (6)
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   * - #
     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 127
     - Security Lead
     - Responsible for information security across all ResearchCity
       systems.
     - A transparency-focused organization is a high-value target.
   * - 128
     - Privacy Engineer
     - Implements privacy-preserving systems, manages GDPR compliance,
       and designs the layered transparency system.
     - The tension between transparency and privacy is a core
       problem. It needs a dedicated engineer.
   * - 129
     - Security Engineer
     - Maintains secure infrastructure, conducts vulnerability
       assessments, manages incident response.
     - Systems without security maintenance are systems waiting
       to be breached.
   * - 130--131
     - Privacy Reviewers (2)
     - Review FF content and public publications for privacy
       violations before release.
     - LLoL waived his own privacy. Nobody else has. Their
       contributions must be protected.
   * - 132
     - Compliance Officer
     - Ensures ResearchCity meets legal requirements across all
       jurisdictions where it operates.
     - International operations require compliance expertise.


Strategy Zone (2 departments, 14 positions)
===================================================

Dept. of Strategic Planning (8)
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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 133
     - Chief Strategy Officer
     - Develops long-term strategy for ResearchCity's growth,
       impact, and sustainability.
     - Growing from 1 person to 153 requires strategy, not just
       effort.
   * - 134--135
     - Strategic Analysts (2)
     - Research and analyze opportunities, threats, and competitive
       landscape.
     - Strategy without analysis is intuition.
   * - 136
     - Partnerships Director
     - Builds relationships with universities, think tanks, religious
       institutions, and governments.
     - ResearchCity cannot operate in isolation.
   * - 137
     - Partnership Manager
     - Maintains specific institutional relationships and coordinates
       joint initiatives.
     - Partnerships require ongoing management.
   * - 138
     - Impact Assessment Lead
     - Measures and reports on ResearchCity's actual impact.
     - An organization that cannot measure its impact cannot
       improve its impact.
   * - 139
     - Impact Researcher
     - Designs and conducts studies measuring ResearchCity's outcomes.
     - Impact measurement is itself research.
   * - 140
     - Scenario Planner
     - Models alternative futures for ResearchCity under different
       funding, political, and technological scenarios.
     - An organization preparing for existential risk should model
       its own risks.


Dept. of Communication (6)
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     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 141
     - Communications Director
     - Leads all external communication strategy and execution.
     - A vision this complex needs professional communication.
   * - 142--143
     - Science Communicators (2)
     - Translate formal research results into accessible public
       content.
     - The gap between the math and the public is a communication
       problem.
   * - 144
     - Media Relations Officer
     - Manages press inquiries, prepares media kits, coordinates
       interviews.
     - Media attention will come. Being prepared determines
       whether it helps or harms.
   * - 145
     - Social Media Strategist
     - Develops and executes social media strategy that avoids BABL
       dynamics.
     - If ResearchCity must be on social media, it must practice
       what it preaches.
   * - 146
     - Newsletter Editor
     - Writes and manages the Jonah Mailing List and other
       communication channels.
     - Regular communication builds community.


Support LinkSpace (5 positions)
====================================

Organizational support functions that serve all Zones. Positions 1--3
(Founder, Counselor, Executive Assistant) are listed separately in
the Founder Core section above.

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   * - #
     - Position
     - Description
     - Why
   * - 147
     - Research Librarian
     - Maintains ResearchCity's reference library, manages citations,
       and supports all researchers with source material.
     - Research requires a library. A library requires a librarian.
   * - 148
     - Staff Wellbeing Coordinator
     - Coordinates access to external support for all staff (except
       the founder, who has position 1): mental health professionals,
       spiritual directors, and chaplains --- each chosen by the
       staff member, not by the organization. Maintains a diverse
       referral network spanning multiple faith traditions and secular
       counseling. Ensures confessional-grade confidentiality for
       staff: nothing disclosed to a referred provider may be reported
       back to ResearchCity. Monitors burnout risk.
     - Staff working on existential risk and theological content need
       support. The coordinator connects; the coordinator does not
       counsel. Staff sessions are private (unlike the founder's),
       because staff have not accepted the radical transparency
       commitment that comes with the founder role.
   * - 149
     - Conflict Resolution Specialist
     - Mediates internal disputes and facilitates difficult
       conversations across cultural and theological differences.
     - An interfaith research organization will have conflicts.
       Unresolved conflicts destroy organizations.
   * - 150
     - Archivist
     - Maintains the complete historical record of ResearchCity's
       work, decisions, and evolution.
     - An organization about preserving lessons must preserve its
       own.
   * - 151
     - Continuity Monitor
     - Ensures organizational continuity across time zones, staff
       transitions, and crisis periods. Maintains situational
       awareness when primary staff are offline.
     - The problems this organization addresses never sleep.
       Someone must maintain continuity.

**Position 152** is reserved for an emerging need identified during
Stage 0, allocated based on operational experience and the
complement-first principle.


Summary
=========

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   * - Section
     - Positions
   * - **Founder Core** (Founder + Counselor + EA)
     - **3**
   * - **ZION Coordinators**
     - **4**
   * - **Advisors** (2 Legal + 2 LEA)
     - **4**
   * -
     -
   * - *Audit and Accountability Zone*
     -
   * - Dept. of Research Integrity
     - 6
   * - Dept. of Institutional Audit
     - 4
   * - Accountability Council Support
     - 4
   * - *Audit subtotal*
     - *14*
   * -
     -
   * - *Research Zone*
     -
   * - Dept. of Formal Methods
     - 8
   * - Dept. of Empirical Testing
     - 8
   * - Dept. of Risk Assessment
     - 6
   * - Dept. of Comparative Theology
     - 6
   * - Dept. of History and Philosophy
     - 6
   * - Dept. of AI Alignment
     - 4
   * - *Research subtotal*
     - *38*
   * -
     -
   * - *Operations Zone*
     -
   * - Dept. of FF Operations
     - 8
   * - Dept. of Content and Editing
     - 6
   * - Dept. of Translation
     - 10
   * - Dept. of Administration
     - 4
   * - *Operations subtotal*
     - *28*
   * -
     -
   * - *Community Zone*
     -
   * - Dept. of Community Engagement
     - 8
   * - Dept. of Fundraising
     - 6
   * - Dept. of Education and Outreach
     - 8
   * - *Community subtotal*
     - *22*
   * -
     -
   * - *Technology Zone*
     -
   * - Dept. of Web Engineering
     - 8
   * - Dept. of Data and AI Infrastructure
     - 6
   * - Dept. of Security and Privacy
     - 6
   * - *Technology subtotal*
     - *20*
   * -
     -
   * - *Strategy Zone*
     -
   * - Dept. of Strategic Planning
     - 8
   * - Dept. of Communication
     - 6
   * - *Strategy subtotal*
     - *14*
   * -
     -
   * - **Support LinkSpace** (pos. 147--151)
     - **5**
   * - **Reserved** (pos. 152)
     - **1**
   * -
     -
   * - **TOTAL**
     - **153**


.. For revision history, see the git log of this file.
