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-# foundation
+# CIVICVS — Civic Analyst Foundation
 
-Civic Analyst founding documents. Immutable civic analysis package.
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+This organization maintains the **founding documents of the Civic Analyst profession**,  
+published as the **CIVICVS Foundation Package**.
+
+## Purpose
+* To define the discipline of the **Civic Analyst**.  
+* To preserve founding documents as **immutable civic artifacts**.  
+* To invite future analysts to build upon these standards through transparent publication.  
+
+## Canonical Access
+The canonical entry point is **https://civicus.us**,  
+which resolves directly to this Gitea repository.  
+
+## Contact
+Authorship is anchored via the DNS domain `civicus.us`.  
+The verified publishing alias is: **postmaster@kane-il.us**
+
+(General inquiries about the hosting service may be directed to **webmaster@kane-il.us**.)
+
+---
+*This organization exists to preserve, not to debate.  
+New contributions must be published as independent analyses by other Civic Analysts.*