Acknowledgements
First readers, correctors, testers.
No sponsors, no logos. This page names the neighbors who made the Founder's Edition possible.
The Founder’s Edition is the accumulated work of a small editorial team, a handful of first readers who printed the packets and told us what did not work, and the correspondents who wrote in to point out a broken link, a wrong date, or a paragraph that read like a lawyer wrote it. Every one of those corrections made the edition better.
First reader names will be listed here as consent is confirmed. If you contributed a correction, tested a packet in a real hearing, or read the beta for us and want your first name plus city included, write to us at
corrections@beforetheybuild.com.
corrections@beforetheybuild.com.
The project is published by ShellMiddy Inc. It receives no sponsorship, carries no advertising, and sells no reader data. It is supported by readers and by mission grants that do not constrain editorial direction — see the Independence Statement.
— The Editorial Team, July 2026.