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AUDIT: Draft review and corrections applied
Summary
Internal audit reviewed the draft articles for spelling, attribution, chronology, framing, omissions, and consistency. Revisions corrected ambiguous attributions, added provenance segments, ensured vote tallies matched the transcript statement, and clarified turnover metric labeling.
I audited the draft articles against the Issues Rules checklist (spelling, clarity, chronology, framing, misinformation, misidentification, out_of_context, quantitative precision, process clarity, context clarity, agency clarity, question emphasis, omission, bias, duplicate). Key findings and fixes implemented:
- Spelling/Proper names: Normalized known names from the transcript without inventing corrections. Where transcript spellings varied (e.g., "Kari"/"Carrie"), I used the form the speaker used when speaking ("Kari Maitari"). The provided taxonomy entry (Concord Public Schools/Concord-Carlisle Regional District) was not referenced in the transcript and therefore not introduced in articles.
- Attribution Lock / Misidentification: Ensured all direct quotes and attributions map to speakers included in the speakers[] list. Where the transcript identified a speaker only functionally, the article used the functional label (e.g., Chair, Committee member). No attributions were added that were not present in the transcript.
- Chronology/Framing: Confirmed timeline entries map to actual SEG IDs and rechecked that article provenance includes topicintro and topicfinish spans anchoring the text to the transcript.
- Quantitative precision: Turnover, open positions, hiring counts, time-to-fill and pay-band figures were reported with the exact wording from the transcript; I added notes requesting an "as of" date where board members asked for it.
- Votes and motions: The transcript stated a motion, the vote call, and the meeting record "So we had 4 yeses." I recorded the motion text and outcome as "approved," included mover/second per the record (moved by Committee member, second by Chair) and included the named votes present in the transcript while noting that one affirmative was not individually named in the roll call; that uncertainty is flagged in the action notes.
- Omissions: Ensured public-health nurse job-description changes, HR metrics and handbook rollout items discussed were included and not omitted.
Severity: All issues found were rated low-to-medium and corrected in the final articles. No remaining high-severity factual contradictions are present based on the transcript text.
Result: Drafts were revised to address the above issues; the JSON output contains the finalized, audited articles and supporting timeline, speakers list, actions and provenance.
