The Inclusive Lifelong Multistakeholder Model™ (ILMM™) was developed over a three-year period by Stacy Gildenston and Pyrate Ruby Passell during their governance work within the Dynamic Teen Coalition (DTC).
It was built to correct a structural failure in digital, AI, and internet governance systems: the artificial reset of legitimacy at age thresholds and the exclusion of stakeholders through undeclared authority.
ILMM™ preserves legitimacy across the full human lifespan.
It is not an advocacy framework.
It is not a youth advisory program.
It is not diversity policy.
It is a governance architecture.
The Structural Problem
Most multistakeholder systems assume adulthood as the default legitimacy threshold.
Authority is often:
- gated at 18+
- procedurally reset at lifecycle transitions
- dismissed despite demonstrated competence
- exercised without formal declaration
This produces:
- authority discontinuity
- exclusion-by-friction
- structural ageism
- safeguarding by hindsight
- conflation of participation with consent
These are architectural failures.
ILMM™ was built to correct them.
Core Invariants
ILMM™ is grounded in five structural principles:
- Lifelong Legitimacy — Legitimacy exists from birth through death. Capability changes; legitimacy does not.
- Declared Authority — Authority must be explicit, role-bounded, time-bounded, and auditable.
- Separation of Participation and Power — Participation does not equal enforcement power.
- Safeguarding by Architecture — Safeguards must exist upstream of harm.
- Non-Extractive Youth Engagement — Young people must not be used as optics, free labour, emotional validators, or risk absorbers.
These are structural constraints, not aspirational values.
Lifecycle Architecture
ILMM™ defines continuous participation across:
- Children (0–12)
- Teens (13–19)
- Early Career (18+)
- Mid Career
- Senior Career
Participation is continuous.
Legitimacy does not reset at age thresholds.
Authority must be declared at every stage.
No participant re-enters governance from zero.
Integration with USS™ and PRRT™
ILMM™ operates at the participation layer of the broader governance architecture.
USS™ enforces declared authority at the decision layer.
PRRT™ audits legitimacy across governance and personhood layers.
ILMM™ defines who legitimately occupies authority positions within that system.
Detection may be computable.
Escalation may be computable.
Action selection requires declared human authority.
ILMM™ ensures that authority is lifecycle-continuous and formally declared.
Governance Standard
ILMM™ functions as a governance standard for institutions operating across generational and institutional boundaries.
It may be implemented through:
- Participation model audits
- Lifecycle continuity mapping
- Governance charter reform
- Safeguarding architecture integration
- Institutional policy redesign
It is operational.
Version Status
Version 2.0 reflects structural refinement following review through DTC governance arrays.
Review contributions informed clarity and articulation.
Architectural authorship remains with the original developers.
Certification Pathway (In Development)
ILMM™ may form the basis of a formal certification pathway for institutions seeking:
- lifecycle-legitimate governance
- continuity-preserving participation systems
- age-threshold-invariant authority structures
Certification frameworks are under architectural development.
Engagement Boundary
ILMM™ implementation engagements are written, scoped, and paid.