Contributors + community · Working hypothesis
Professional athlete
A registered person using a self-service Athlete identity; the same person may also be Guide, Creator and Athlete. Basic professional setup requires no HOL approval.
Primary goalConnect their work and expertise to a credible audience without reducing participation to a promotional feed.
A path through the work.
A proposed sequence from the working persona. Access, approvals, and handoffs still need HOL review.
Register/sign in
verify email
select professional identities
draft and publish one person profile
use the combined Professional workspace
agree organization affiliations with both sides
link genuinely published work
What could get in the way.
One coherent public profile and Professional workspace, clear self-declared versus verified claims, mutual affiliations, broad region privacy and preserved personal membership/activity. Paid professional tools and content pass-through remain deferred.
Role relationship.
Self-service professional label layered onto free or paid Member access on one account. Verified claims, reader entitlement, organization assignments and internal staff permissions remain separate. Ordinary profile publication needs verified email, not HOL approval.
What this rests on.
Howie's directive and Product Strategy. Andy’s October16 public people/organization profile direction; see public profile scope.
Working hypothesis; not a finding from member interviews or an approved production role.
What we need to learn.
Test the selected self-service setup and combined-workspace experience; optional verified-evidence standards and paid professional tools need later definition.