PUBLIC NOTICE 001 · SERIES AThe boundaries of “around here” remain under review.
Cartography has received repeated requests to identify exactly where “around here” ends. Every proposed boundary has excluded another member of the committee. One draft placed the chairman outside his own jurisdiction. He described the map as political.
Pending agreement, staff shall record the limits of their own familiarity instead. Those limits must not be drawn around another person. Requests to enlarge the familiar world by learning something will be processed without a fee.
Disposition: ordinary human activity. No action required.
GUIDANCE NOTE 002 · SERIES AThe Office of Really, Really From has exhausted its questions.
The Office has completed its review of the practice of adding another “really” whenever an answer fails to resemble the answer expected. The original answer remained an answer throughout all seven rounds of review. Staff have been asked to investigate their dissatisfaction instead.
For procedural purposes, the first answer shall be treated as an answer. Further attempts to establish a more convenient origin should be filed under “Personal Expectations, Unmet.”
Disposition: questioner advised to accept available information.
POLICY CLARIFICATION 003 · SERIES ANeighborhood clearance is not a recognized instrument.
An application by an informal neighborhood committee to establish its own border has been returned. Twelve agreeing messages, three laminated badges, and a chairperson described as “a good judge of people” do not create a jurisdiction.
Presence in a park, queue, school, store, or neighborhood does not require an explanatory statement to a stranger. An unfamiliar face is evidence of an unfamiliar face. The file should not be expanded to accommodate a theory.
Disposition: no committee vote required.
INTERNAL MEMORANDUM 004 · SERIES AVolume is not corroboration.
A rumor repeated in twelve messages remains a rumor. Screenshots do not confer investigative powers. The phrase “just asking questions” should be accompanied by evidence that an answer would be accepted.
Staff are reminded to distinguish “many people are saying” from “anything has been established.”
Disposition: forward fewer things.