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First 90 days — Phase 0–1 execution (East Tennessee two-site)

Purpose

Actionable first 90 days after T0 (execution start—dossier hub). Pilot-grounded tasks only; no scale bets.

Boundaries: Decision memo — Phase 0–1. Ordered tasks: Master checklist.

Operator packet (canonical runbook): First 90 days — operator packet (East Tennessee two-site) — weeks 1–12 priorities, field verification bundling, infra/sensor caps, documentation, stop conditions, evidence by day 30/60/90, decision checkpoints—pilot stance aligned with EG gates and Operator burden review (hostile).

Connectivity validation (WAN / Starlink track) — survey, power, reliability log, remote-access readiness, cost lines: Validation and pilot plan § Connectivity validation · Connectivity strategy — Claxton & Demory. Parallel tasks below overlap V10 and G8.

Local evidence: Days 15–30 V1 on Demory / Campbell must reconcile processed WSS AOI (large, sloped) with ~120 ac operating map—Demory site intelligence. Claxton / Anderson: open WSS on homestead AOI; no vault substitute.

Focus Do Closes / unlocks
Stop rules Copy numeric triggers from Vision into one family-visible doc Shared abort rules
Books Start chart of accounts skeleton per Farm accounting baseline Receipt discipline
Land use / zoning V8 started: county / use call or letter path Structures and on-farm sales risk surfaced
Labor truth V11 started: week 1 of 8-week hour log (see W1 on checklists) Real hour budget
Map authority L1: one canonical map file/layer name No orphan photos

Do not: Sign major lease for equipment; commit herd scale; deploy telemetry beyond manual log (G8).

Days 15–30 — Land intelligence (cheap)

Focus Do Task IDs
Soils / limitations V1: NRCS + walk; name no-go areas V1
Fence recon V3 started: L5 segment photos + rough lengths V3, L5
Water V2 started: locate all points on map (I1); schedule well report or pump test if needed V2, I1
Access Bad-weather drive of primary route; photo log —

Days 31–60 — Markets + processing (paper)

Focus Do Task IDs
Sale bills V5 started: collect auction bills toward 12-week set V5, B1
Processing V6 started: B2 processor call log V6, B2
Haul B3 range per head (quote or DIY) B3
Insurance V9 quotes started V9

Kill / pivot: Write B5 rule if prices or processing fail threshold—pilot checklists.

Days 61–90 — Telemetry pilot prep + labor proof

Focus Do Task IDs
Manual water log T1 30-day manual water check completed or in final weeks (G8 path) G8, T1
Comms V10: T2 cell screenshots at tank / gate pins V10, T2
One pilot sensor Only if comms stable: T3 one ID, one mount—Instrumentation priority matrix T3
Trip log W4 two-site purpose codes 4+ weeks W4
Surge Schedule or capture one stress window toward W2 W2

Days 1–90 — Connectivity validation (parallel)

Window Focus Pass (minimum)
Days 1–30 Obstruction / placement: photo + map candidates for SITE_HOME WAN mount (Starlink / CPE ); note trees / roof line Log exists before hardware commit (see Validation plan § Connectivity )
Days 31–60 Power / grounding: intent for dedicated branch / UPS for CPE + edge; surge at demarc on checklist or sparky visit scheduled Two people know shutdown order for WAN gear
Days 61–90 WAN reliability testing: start weekly honest up/down + weather notes (not only bar icons ) toward V10 Notebook or sheet started ; one bad-weather event captured if possible
Before treating telemetry as trip input Remote access hardening: inventory admin path per Remote access and operational security model (VPN / outbound tunnel ) No “ inbound to field ” shortcuts documented as production

Dependency rules (90-day horizon) — May depend on Starlink / WAN for: convenience dashboards, remote peek, non-welfare alerts. Must not depend on WAN for: welfare verification, books authority without offline export, safe defaults at edge — full tables: Validation plan § Connectivity.

SITE_FARM / Demory (off-grid-first) — parallel discipline (does not replace fence/water/G8): (1) Capital: no second farm WAN, HaLow segment, or always-on RF fleet until Capital plan off-grid sequencing A–D and DR-1 are addressed. (2) Pilot: one gateway + one RF class (Off-grid decision rules DR-5). (3) Stop rules: CS-5 freezes scope while networking load is unbudgeted vs battery. (4) Before remote ops are trusted at Demory: MV-8 local-only / SOC-stressed drill (Automation stop rules). Canonical detail: Off-grid power, Mesh/field networking, Validation plan off-grid gates.

Cost: Tag ISP + LEO + cell (pilot) in books as separate lines ; first quarterly WAN vs value review no later than T0+90d (see CS- on Automation stop rules )*.

End of day 90 — “Done enough” checklist

  • V8 no fatal surprise or written path
  • V1 + V3 maps usable for conversation with contractor (not necessarily built )
  • V5 + V6 have first evidence rows (not necessarily complete )
  • V11 8-week log complete or in final week
  • G8 manual baseline complete or scheduled to complete ≤ T0+120d
  • Connectivity: SITE_HOME placement / obstruction log started ; WAN reliability notebook started (V10 track ) ; CPE power / grounding plan or ticket open ; remote access inventory started per Validation plan § Connectivity

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