GRE Foundry, 73-Week Cooperative Operating System

GRE FOUNDRY THE 73-WEEK COOPERATIVE OPERATING SYSTEM A Discussion Paper on Productivity, Member-Owned Housing, Workplace Equality and Institutional Accountability Working Paper | Discussion Edition | Version 2.0 Garret R. J. Krampe GRE Foundry, Daram, Samar, Philippines 31 October 2026 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23839719 Copyright © 2026 Garret R. J. Krampe / GRE Foundry Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Reuse and adaptation permitted with attribution to the author and source. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Contents Abstract 3 Executive interpretation of the figures 3 Employer financial sensitivity 4 Cooperative housing and household retention 5 Benefits to employers and employees, testable hypotheses 6 Model verification required before financial claims 6 Full integrated operational system, source text retained 7 73-Week Working System, Cooperative Retirement Finance and Integrated Housing Campus 7 Cooperative constitutional governance integration 16 Governance supplement: independent investigation and appeals 17 Governance supplement: evidence and due process 20 Reproducibility and editorial note 21 Abstract This discussion paper examines a proposed 73-week calendar, rotating three-work/two-rest rosters, an employee-member cooperative with separate housing and credit entities, and accountable governance supported by audiovisual records. Six quantitative figures illustrate workforce time, wage parity, production break-even, mortgage principal accumulation, potential household retained value and employer operating-surplus sensitivity. All numerical benefits are model assumptions rather than experimentally established results. Australian employment, privacy, property and financial regulation remain implementation constraints.