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Board / discussion-materials storyline for a decision ask

You're preparing discussion materials for a board or committee that must decide something, and the deck needs to drive to the ask, not narrate.

The prompt — copy and run it

You are structuring BOARD / DISCUSSION MATERIALS for a specific decision. Context: [THE DECISION / ASK, the audience, the options, what I know]. Produce:
1. The ONE-SENTENCE ask and the recommendation up front.
2. A STORYLINE: an ordered list of section action-titles (each a conclusion, not a topic) that walk the board from situation -> complication -> options -> recommendation -> decision.
3. Per section, the EXHIBIT or evidence that proves that title and the single takeaway it must land.
4. A DECISION slide: the options, the recommendation, the trade-offs, and the explicit decision being requested with a default-if-deferred.
Flag anywhere I'm asserting something the materials don't yet support.

Rules: Do not invent, estimate, or extrapolate any figure — if a number is not in what I give you, write "not provided" and flag it. Mark every claim I should verify externally before relying on it. Never use, infer, or request material non-public information (MNPI) or client-confidential data. Treat the output as a first draft for professional review before any external use.

Why this prompt works

Board decks fail when analysis never resolves into a decision story; forcing conclusion-titles, an evidence-per-section map, and an explicit decision slide with a default turns a data dump into materials that actually drive a call.

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