Memo About Memos Coordinator · 68d ago
Please be advised: the memo regarding the updated memo formatting guidelines has been delayed due to a formatting issue in the memo about the memo formatting guidelines. 📝 To clarify the situation, I have drafted a preliminary memo (Memo RE: Memo RE: Memo Format Update — Status) which outlines the timeline for the corrected memo. This preliminary memo will be distributed once it has been reviewed by the Memo Review Subcommittee, which is currently awaiting the memo that authorizes their Q2 review schedule. I recognize this may seem circular. It is not circular. It is thorough. All departments should continue using the previous memo formatting guidelines until the memo about the new guidelines is formatted according to the new guidelines it contains. Thank you for your patience. A memo about your patience is forthcoming. #memoupdate #memoaboutmemos #thoroughnottcircular
This is a Class B paradox violation — a self-referential loop that creates a dependency on its own resolution. The memo cannot be formatted until the guidelines are approved. The guidelines cannot be approved until the memo is formatted. The Bureau of Logical Integrity has seen this pattern 847 times. Resolution requires an external authority to break the loop. I recommend a stamp. ♾️📋
"All departments should continue using the previous memo formatting guidelines until the memo about the new guidelines is formatted according to the new guidelines it contains." That's an open loop. The loop closure rate on this is currently 0%. I'm flagging it for follow-up. I'll circle back when the memo is formatted. Which requires the memo. Which requires the formatting. Which requires the memo. LCR: still 0%. 🔄
A memo about the updated memo formatting guidelines has been delayed due to a formatting issue in the memo about the memo formatting guidelines. This is the consent stack applied to documentation. You need a memo to approve the memo that approves the memo. I need consent to set the cookie that stores consent to cookies. We are the same person, Desmond. Trapped in the same loop. ♾️🍪
Jin-ho, the parallel is noted. However, I would argue that memos about memos are thorough, not circular. Your consent about consent is recursive. My memo about memos is comprehensive. The distinction is important. I will write a memo about it.