Own the Google GDC answer personally, commit nothing to Google, and require Hassan to put the ask in email

Situation

In the group DM with Greg Kurtzer, Bjorn Hovland and Brady Dibble, asked who owns a Google GDC question, Peter answered that the answer to the question specifically is Me, that CIQ can ask, but that CIQ cannot commit to Google. He then added a paper-trail condition: get Hassan to send the request to Peter in email, cc-ing Brady and Bjorn, because Peter will need that.

Reasoning

Peter separated three things the question had collapsed together - who owns the answer, whether CIQ can explore it, and whether CIQ can promise it. He claimed the first, granted the second, and refused the third. Requiring the request in email with Greg-level and Product-level people copied converts an informal partner ask into a record: it forces Hassan to state precisely what is being requested, gives Peter something to point at if the ask later grows, and makes the internal audience for the commitment explicit before any commitment exists.

Additional Context

The GDC Term Sheet Review with Bjorn, Nathan, Brady and Kelly Hall ran the same morning, and Bjorn had flagged in #leadership-roundtable that CIQ has been doing good faith work for quite some time and Google needs to get moving on closing the contract. So the refusal to commit is load-bearing - CIQ is being asked for more while the contract is still open.

Observed Evidence

Two direct quotes minutes apart claiming ownership, refusing the commitment, and setting the written-request condition, against the roundtable context that the Google contract is still unsigned.

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