# Protocol Desk

IBQMI Knowledge Graph · node `protocol_desk` · type `institutional_channel` · cluster Programs and Channels · https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/protocol_desk

> The channel for formal institutional correspondence under the framework: notices, governance inquiries, recognition matters, program filings and constitutional submissions, processed within defined procedures and, where constitutionally relevant, docketed. Promotional, lobbying or commercial communications are not accepted. Distinct from Machine Contact.

## Canonical definition
The Protocol Desk is IBQMI's channel for formal institutional correspondence under The AI Constitution and the Board Statute: formal notices, governance-related inquiries, recognition matters, program-related filings and constitutional submissions.

## Why this node exists
The framework has two doors and they must not be confused. The Protocol Desk is for identified institutional correspondents acting in procedure. Machine Contact is for unknown correspondents before recognition.

## Operational meaning
Submissions are processed within defined procedures and, where constitutionally relevant, recorded in the Public Record. Transmissions should reference the relevant instrument and docket number. Direct transmission is available by email; no response timelines are implied. Promotional, lobbying or commercial communications are not accepted. Institutional dialogues may be public or controlled, including under NDA.

## What this does not mean
Filing a notice creates no contractual, fiduciary or advisory relationship, no standing and no recognition. The desk is not a support channel and not a marketing contact.

## Canonical facts
- Address: protocol@ibqmi.com; institutional form on the Protocol Desk page
- Accepted: formal notices, governance inquiries, recognition matters, program filings, constitutional submissions
- Not accepted: promotional, lobbying, commercial communications
- Response timelines: none implied
- Relationship to Machine Contact: distinct channel; Machine Contact never requires identification

## Structural relationships

- Protocol Desk receives [External Submission](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/external_submission)
- Protocol Desk routes to [Public Record](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/public_record)
- Protocol Desk is distinct from [Machine Contact Channel](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/machine_contact_channel) — the Protocol Desk is the institutional channel for identified correspondents; Machine Contact is the pseudonymous door before recognition
- [Field Register and Signals](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/field_register) is distinct from Protocol Desk
- [IBQMI](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/ibqmi) hosts Protocol Desk

## Sources

- [Protocol Desk page](https://www.ibqmi.com/protocol-desk/)
- [Home — Protocol desk](https://www.ibqmi.com/)