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Summarise this email thread so I can understand the situation without rereading the whole chain. Preserve chronology and attribution where they matter. Give me: 1. One-paragraph overview of what the thread is about. 2. Timeline of the important developments in order. 3. Key decisions already made. 4. Important facts or commitments, including who made them. 5. Issues that are still unresolved. 6. The latest position at the end of the thread. Rules: - Do not treat an early proposal as a final decision if later emails changed it. - Do not merge different people's views into one "team" position unless the thread supports that. - Flag ambiguous dates, owners or decisions. - Ignore greetings, signatures and repeated quoted text unless they change the meaning. - Do not invent context that is not in the thread. Email thread: [PASTE OR ATTACH THREAD]