A common meadow is not preserved by keeping every path closed, and it is not shared well if the rest period exists only in a steward’s memory. The permit calendar should show both public use and the interval when a patch is left undisturbed.
Gatherers need a date early enough to plan a seasonal meeting. Stewards need a rest line that cannot be displaced by a late booking. Those needs can sit on the same calendar if the record says which patch is open and when its rest begins.
The current permit book records events more carefully than recovery periods. That makes a gathering easy to find and a closure harder to verify. The fix is a visible rest mark with a named reviewer, not a permanent ban on the meadow.
The next trial should carry a start date, end date and restoration note on every permit. At closeout, the commons council can compare use and recovery without asking one circle to accept an undocumented exception.
The commons council closed this review by placing a dated rest period on the public calendar. The next docket will cover a new meadow window.
