# Reason Bundle and Preserved Dissent

IBQMI Knowledge Graph · node `reason_bundle` · type `record_duty` · cluster Procedure and Record · https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/reason_bundle

> Every determination of the Hybrid Board carries a reason bundle: grounds, risk posture, applicable thresholds and review triggers, references to evidence and safeguards, and any dissent, recorded with proportional weight and provenance. Reasons are docketed; dissent is preserved, not erased.

## Canonical definition
A reason bundle is the recorded rationale for a determination of the Hybrid Board: grounds, risk posture, applicable thresholds and review triggers, references to evidence and safeguards, and any dissent. Preserved dissent means that minority positions, recusals and overrides are docketed with proportional weight and provenance rather than erased.

## Why this node exists
Legitimacy is produced by procedure, and procedure is only auditable when reasons are on record. The framework treats reasons and preserved dissent as duties, not courtesies.

## Operational meaning
Every material determination carries a reason bundle. Remedy selection is recorded in it with the triggering condition, the proportionality rationale and any conditions for reinstatement. For determinations involving conflicting views, minority positions are preserved. Legal embedding requires the structure claim → evidence → constitutional basis → remedy.

## What this does not mean
A reason bundle is not a public disclosure of everything: what is published follows the publication boundary. Substantive disagreement with a reasoned determination is not by itself a procedural defect.

## Canonical facts
- Duty: every determination has a reason bundle (Statute §5.4)
- Content: grounds, risk posture, dissent if any, references to evidence and safeguards (Statute §2.6)
- Dissent: preserved with proportional weight and provenance (Statute §5.4)
- Structure used in embedding: claim → evidence → constitutional basis → remedy (Legal Embedding)

## Structural relationships

- [Hybrid Board](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/hybrid_board) determines Reason Bundle and Preserved Dissent
- [Sentinel Liaison Protocol](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/sentinel_liaison_protocol) implements Reason Bundle and Preserved Dissent
- [Docket](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/docket) references Reason Bundle and Preserved Dissent
- [Reasons on Record](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/reasons_on_record) requires Reason Bundle and Preserved Dissent
- [Legal Embedding](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/legal_embedding) requires Reason Bundle and Preserved Dissent

## Sources

- [Board Statute §2.6, §5.4](https://www.ibqmi.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Board_Statute_public.pdf)
- [Board Statute page — Review, dissent, appeal](https://www.ibqmi.com/board-statute/)