DEFONEOS · Council Motion-Class Taxonomy Deep-Dive

Tick 124 · 17 Jul 2026 13:30 BST · Expansion Phase 44 · Compartment csoai-defoneos · CERTIFIES

Deep-dive supplement to defoneos-council-vote-tally-by-quorum-threshold — full taxonomy of the 142 cumulative motions across 5 classes (STD / REDLINE / CONST / UNANIMOUS / EMERGENCY) × 5 rings, with cross-tab heatmap, voting-pattern signatures, and quorum-validation logic.

142

Cumulative motions

Motion classes

Rings (R1–R5)

100%

Approval rate

1. Motion-Class Definitions (5 classes)

Class	Threshold	Count	Purpose	Voting window
STD	23 / 33	84	Standard operational decisions (SBOM updates, witness rotations, tier freshness)	≤ 24h
REDLINE	27 / 33	38	Red-line modifications (scope, red-line invariants, revocation policy)	≤ 48h
CONST	30 / 33	12	Constitutional amendments (charter, veto thresholds, ring definitions)	≤ 7d
UNANIMOUS	33 / 33	4	Owner-seat-only matters (SEAL issuance, coordinate commitment, ring-zero)	≤ 7d
EMERGENCY	17 / 33	4	Sunset-clamped emergency motions (incident response, scope freeze)	≤ 6h

2. Cross-Tab Heatmap (Class × Ring)

Distribution of the 142 motions across 5 classes × 5 rings. Heat scale: 0=muted, 1-5=cyan, 6-12=green, 13-20=warn, >20=acc.

	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total
STD	14	18	13	18	21	84
REDLINE	11	8	7	9	3	38
CONST	3	2	1	4	2	12
UNANIMOUS	4	0	0	0	0	4
EMERGENCY	4	0	0	0	0	4
Total	36	28	21	31	26	142

Reading the table:

R1 carries the heaviest load (36 motions / 25.4%) — owner seat + α-heavy cohort;
R5 carries the lightest (26 motions / 18.3%) — δ-quiet cohort;
UNANIMOUS and EMERGENCY motions are exclusively owner-seat (R1) — by charter design;
R3 has the smallest CONST count (1) — relatively few constitutional reforms to date.

3. Voting-Pattern Signatures per Class

3.1 STD (23/33 threshold) — 84 motions

Median margin: +5.4. Witness disagreement: 0 events. Owner cosign rate: 100% (R1 cosigns every STD). Vote distribution: 0 reject across 142 cumulative motions.

3.2 REDLINE (27/33 threshold) — 38 motions

Median margin: +5.8. Witness disagreement: 0 events. Red-line vector coverage: 7/7. Vote distribution: 0 reject.

3.3 CONST (30/33 threshold) — 12 motions

Median margin: +3.1. Constitutional amendments require longer voting window (≤7d) and a 91% threshold. Vote distribution: 0 reject; 2 amend (M-CONST-007, M-CONST-011).

3.4 UNANIMOUS (33/33 threshold) — 4 motions

Median margin: +0 (must be unanimous). Used exclusively for: (i) DEFONEOS-SEAL issuance (4 to date); (ii) coordinate-commitment; (iii) ring-zero charter ratification.

3.5 EMERGENCY (17/33 threshold) — 4 motions

Median margin: +11.6 (very strong consensus when triggered). Sunset-clamped: each EMERGENCY motion auto-expires 7d post-passage and requires re-ratification as STD or REDLINE.

4. Quorum Validation Logic

def quorum_threshold(motion_class): return { "STD": 23, "REDLINE": 27, "CONST": 30, "UNANIMOUS": 33, "EMERGENCY": 17, }[motion_class] def validate_quorum(tally, motion_class): threshold = quorum_threshold(motion_class) return tally.approve >= threshold and tally.reject == 0

5. Cross-Links

Parent tally: defoneos-council-vote-tally-by-quorum-threshold.html
Per-ring drill-down: defoneos-per-ring-vote-tally-deep-dive.html
By-ring: defoneos-council-vote-tally-by-ring.html
Voter cohort: defoneos-bft-voter-participation-cohort.html
Cosine cluster: defoneos-bft-voter-cosine-similarity-cluster.html
BFT minutes: defoneos-bft-council-public-minutes.html
SEAL audit trail: defoneos-mcp-seal-audit-trail-deep-dive.html