# Decision Ledger Entry — Template

> Decision Ledger Standard v1.0 (June 2026) · adamas-project.com/standard.html
> Published under CC BY 4.0 by Falcon Intelligence Group LLC. Use it with or without ADAMAS.
> One file per decision. Filename: `SAL-021_decline-oem-frame-contract.md`

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## SAL-021 — [One line stating the decision, phrased as the choice made]

- **Domain:** sales · *(hiring | sales | product | finance | ops)*
- **Date:** 2025-04-14 · *(the date the decision was made, not recorded)*
- **Owner:** founder · *(the role that made the call — roles survive staff changes)*
- **Dissent:** head-of-sales · *(who disagreed at the time — recording this is a feature)*
- **Status:** active · *(active | superseded | reversed — decisions are never deleted)*

### Context
*(The situation at the time of the call: constraints, pressures, what was known and
not known. Write it so a reader five years from now understands why this was hard.
Two to five sentences.)*

### Decision
*(The exact choice made — precise enough to be falsifiable. One to two sentences.)*

### Trade-offs accepted
*(What was knowingly given up, risked, or accepted. The most valuable section —
it is exactly what nobody writes down.)*

- …
- …
- …

### Linked decisions
*(IDs of related decisions. Links are bi-directional: when you add a link here,
add the reverse link in the target entry.)*

- FIN-016 — …
- SAL-017 — …

### Sources
*(Where the decision actually happened, as traceable references.)*

- email:2025-04-02#thread-114
- meeting:2025-04-11#weekly-review