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Part I — iLRN2026 Virtual Campus operational, month-to-month planner



Codex Month-to-Month Planner

(January → July, oriented to June Online + Athens F2F)


January — Structural Grounding

Primary Function of Codex: Legibility & Trust

Key Questions

  • What is the Codex for in this conference cycle?

  • What content is authoritative vs exploratory?

  • What does a newcomer need to understand iLRN without prior context?

Benchmarks

  • “Start Here” shelf drafted and locked (read-only)

  • Codex governance norms stated (comments, edits, authority)

  • iLRN2026 book structure finalized (even if sparsely populated)

Risks to Watch

  • Overwriting legacy content without signaling change

  • Treating Codex as a website CMS


February — Role & Process Visibility

Primary Function: Transparency & Participation Readiness

Key Questions

  • Who owns what in practice?

  • Where are decisions made vs documented?

  • How can volunteers observe before acting?

Benchmarks

  • Role pages created:

    • Organizing Committee

    • Publications

    • Scientific Quality Assurance

    • Virtual Campus / Frames

  • Commenting enabled and norms reinforced

  • First “Working Draft” pages clearly labeled

Risks

  • Silent ownership

  • Informal decisions bypassing Codex documentation


March — Frame-by-Frame Development

Primary Function: Coordination Across Modalities

Key Questions

  • What does each Frame do for the Network?

  • What support roles are required per Frame?

  • What dependencies exist between Frames?

Benchmarks

  • One Codex page per Frame with:

    • Purpose

    • Owner

    • Accessibility lead

    • Volunteer needs

  • Knowledge Tree mapping visible

  • Early run-of-show skeleton drafted

Risks

  • Treating Frames as purely technical objects

  • Late discovery of accessibility gaps


April — Operationalization & Stress Testing

Primary Function: Reliability

Key Questions

  • Can someone new run this with the documentation alone?

  • Where are the single points of failure?

  • What breaks first under load?

Benchmarks

  • 48-hour online event timeline drafted

  • Moderator and escalation protocols documented

  • Volunteer onboarding pages live

  • “Draft → Active” status transitions applied

Risks

  • Overconfidence in tacit knowledge

  • Documentation lagging behind decisions


May — Lockdown & Rehearsal

Primary Function: Execution Readiness

Key Questions

  • What is now fixed?

  • What is still adaptable?

  • What must not change during June?

Benchmarks

  • Core execution pages locked

  • Only designated roles allowed to edit operational pages

  • Codex used in at least one rehearsal or dry run

  • Clear links from Frames → Codex references

Risks

  • Last-minute structural changes

  • “Just this once” exceptions undermining clarity


June — Live Use (Online + Athens)

Primary Function: Reference & Continuity

Online (June 14–15)

Key Questions

  • Can participants quickly orient mid-flow?

  • Are moderators supported in real time?

  • Is documentation being updated responsibly?

Benchmarks

  • Codex referenced live, not edited impulsively

  • Incident notes logged for post-event synthesis

  • Clear boundary between operational notes and reflections

Athens (Late June)

Key Questions

  • What requires in-person synthesis?

  • What decisions need durable documentation?

  • What patterns are emerging?

Benchmarks

  • Dedicated Athens synthesis pages

  • Governance or strategy changes recorded

  • Explicit handoff to post-conference phase


July — Consolidation & Memory

Primary Function: Institutional Learning

Key Questions

  • What worked structurally?

  • What should never be repeated?

  • What patterns now belong in the Codex permanently?

Benchmarks

  • Post-event synthesis completed

  • Pattern candidates identified and refined

  • iLRN2026 book archived with intent (not frozen chaos)

Risks

  • Treating Codex as an archive rather than a living system

  • Losing volunteer insight once urgency fades


If useful, next steps could include:

  • A single-page “Who touches the Codex when?” cheat sheet

  • A Codex page status taxonomy (Draft / Active / Locked / Archived)

  • A failure-mode map (“If X goes down, consult Y page”)

Each would further reduce cognitive load during June.