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Task: Fold the change request process into the Versioning SOP #763

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The change request process is documented in two places that state the same rules.

docs/presentations/change-request-process/ is a 15-slide deck plus a PDF. docs/governance/versioning-sop.md already owns the versioning scheme, the change-class labels, the RAG states and the 14+5 cycle. A third prose page repeating the deck adds a source of truth without adding a reader.

Governance rules belong in the SOP, which is the document already in the mkdocs.yml nav and already cited by every process reference. The deck presents them; it does not define them.

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versioning-sop.md carries the whole change request process:

  • Where work is tracked — JIRA owns planning, GitHub owns engineering execution
  • Branching for core contributors and for community contributors
  • Raising and executing a change, and the branch naming rule
  • PR review: standard changes, and the 14+5 cycle for major changes
  • Mandatory reviewer teams and the sign-off states
  • The audit trail from requirement through to release
  • The repository controls that enforce it

The deck stays as presentation material and cites the SOP rather than restating the rules, so a rule can only be changed in one place.

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