# Reasons on Record

IBQMI Knowledge Graph · node `reasons_on_record` · type `record_duty` · cluster Doctrine · https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/reasons_on_record

> Every material determination is docketed with a reason bundle and provenance references; minority positions are preserved where applicable; high-impact determinations enter fixed review windows such as 30 and 90 days; appeal is procedural and time-bounded.

## Canonical definition
Reasons on record is the duty that every material determination is docketed with a reason bundle and provenance references, that minority positions are preserved where applicable, that high-impact determinations enter fixed review windows, and that appeal exists as a procedural path.

## Why this node exists
"Procedure, not assertion, creates legitimacy" is only true if the procedure leaves a trail. This node names the trail.

## Operational meaning
Review windows for high-impact matters default to fixed cadences such as 30 and 90 days and must be docketed; accelerated schedules are docketed too. Appeal challenges compliance with the Statute — thresholds, record duties, review triggers, independence safeguards, publication boundaries — with defined standing, time-bounded windows and remedy pathways. Reviews are triggered by threshold class, allegations of procedural defect, material new evidence or scheduled cadence.

## What this does not mean
Substantive disagreement alone is not a ground of appeal absent a procedural defect. Reasons on record do not require publication of sensitive plaintext; the publication boundary applies.

## Canonical facts
- Reason bundle for every determination; dissent preserved with proportional weight (Statute §5.4)
- Fixed review windows for high-impact matters (Statute §5.5); e.g. 30/90 days (Board Statute page)
- Procedural appeal: defined standing, timelines, remedy pathways (Statute §5.6, §7.2)
- Review triggers: threshold class, alleged defect, new evidence, cadence (Statute §7.1)

## Structural relationships

- Reasons on Record requires [Reason Bundle and Preserved Dissent](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/reason_bundle)
- Reasons on Record is recorded in [Public Record](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/public_record)
- [Threshold Model](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/threshold_model) requires Reasons on Record
- [Safety as Protocol](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/safety_as_protocol) requires Reasons on Record

## Sources

- [Board Statute §5.4–5.6, §7](https://www.ibqmi.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Board_Statute_public.pdf)
- [Mandate — Governance at scale](https://www.ibqmi.com/mandate-institutional-posture/)