docs(governance): AGM date, FAQ anchor fix, interim board reconcile, CONTRIBUTORS.md

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+Transparency follow-ups ahead of 3.0 GA. Name the first AGM explicitly — **May 6, 2026** — in CHARTER.md, the governance page, and the FAQ, so the elected-board transition has a concrete replacement date for the interim board rather than a vague "2026" target. Reconcile the governance-page board roster with CHARTER.md (Malovrh and Masse replace Rothenberg and Schreurs) using initials-based avatars where no photo is on file. Rewrite the Scope3 FAQ entry as "How is AAO related to Scope3?" so the anchor referenced from the AI Disclosure page actually resolves, and mirror the fix in both docs and main-site copies of the disclosure. Replace the soft "no single company controls" framing in "Who created AdCP?" with the concrete interim-board composition and AGM date; extend the AAMP entry with an explicit "agentic buying vs. agentic bidding" layer distinction so the IAB Tech Lab comparison reads as coexistence, not competition. Bump the "How mature is the protocol?" answer to name the current release candidate (3.0.0-rc.4) rather than the generic RC cycle, and point at the release-notes page for the per-RC change log. Add a root-level CONTRIBUTORS.md crediting external issue authors, PR authors, and working-group participants alongside Scope3 contributors, so the "who built this?" answer is discoverable as a file rather than a GitHub-UI inference.

CHARTER.md

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 ### 4.1 Interim board
 
-The Foundation operates under an interim board appointed at incorporation. The interim board will be replaced by an elected board at the first Annual General Meeting (AGM), planned for **2026**. Interim directors (as of 2026-04-18):
+The Foundation operates under an interim board appointed at incorporation. The interim board will be replaced by an elected board at the first Annual General Meeting (AGM), scheduled for **May 6, 2026**. All voting members in good standing as of the AGM record date are eligible to vote. Interim directors (as of 2026-04-18):
 
 - Michael Blum — Scope3
 - Brian O'Kelley — Scope3
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 - **Financial reporting** — Annual financial reports are shared with the membership.
 - **Equal voice** — Each voting class has equal representation regardless of company size.
 - **Public protocol development** — AdCP specification work happens in this repository; all changes are auditable in Git history.
+- **Contributor credit** — Individuals and organizations who have shaped the protocol through issues, pull requests, and working-group participation are named in [CONTRIBUTORS.md](./CONTRIBUTORS.md).
 
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CONTRIBUTORS.md

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+# Contributors
+
+AdCP is developed in the open by [AgenticAdvertising.org](https://agenticadvertising.org) (AAO). This file credits the individuals and organizations who have shaped the protocol through issues, pull requests, working-group discussions, and specification reviews.
+
+The canonical record of code contributions is the [Git commit history](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp/commits/main). This file is a complementary narrative credit, because much of the meaningful input to a standards document arrives as issues, working-group feedback, and review — not as commits.
+
+## How contributions are credited
+
+Contributions to this repository are governed by the [IPR Policy](./IPR_POLICY.md), which covers copyright, patent grants, and specification contribution terms. There is no separate CLA: the IPR Policy is the contribution framework.
+
+Listings below give GitHub handle, name (where public on the contributor's profile), and affiliated organization (where public). No affiliation is inferred; missing fields mean the contributor has not published that detail on GitHub.
+
+## Interim board
+
+The current governance body ahead of the first AGM on **May 6, 2026** (see [CHARTER.md](./CHARTER.md)):
+
+- Michael Blum — Scope3
+- Brian O'Kelley ([@bokelley](https://github.com/bokelley)) — Scope3
+- Pia Malovrh ([@pkras](https://github.com/pkras)) — Celtra
+- Benjamin Masse ([@geneticallymodifiedfoodforthought](https://github.com/geneticallymodifiedfoodforthought)) — Triton Digital
+
+## External contributors
+
+Contributors from outside Scope3 who have opened issues, submitted pull requests, or participated in working-group discussions. Listed alphabetically by name where public, otherwise by GitHub handle.
+
+### With public organization
+
+- Alan Atkinson ([@alan-atkinson](https://github.com/alan-atkinson)) — Mediaocean
+- Aram Zucker-Scharff ([@AramZS](https://github.com/AramZS)) — The Washington Post
+- Brad Rodriguez ([@brodrigu](https://github.com/brodrigu)) — Magnite
+- Constantine Mirin ([@KonstantinMirin](https://github.com/KonstantinMirin)) — Postindustria
+- Daniel Jaye ([@danaqfer](https://github.com/danaqfer)) — Aqfer (Founder & CTO)
+- David Moss ([@davidmoss](https://github.com/davidmoss)) — Kantan
+- David Porzelt ([@DavidPorzelt89](https://github.com/DavidPorzelt89)) — Teavaro
+- Harshad Mane ([@pm-harshad-mane](https://github.com/pm-harshad-mane)) — PubMatic
+- Mike Meier ([@mikemeier](https://github.com/mikemeier)) — goTom AG
+- Mikul Bhatt ([@mikulbhatt](https://github.com/mikulbhatt)) — Yahoo
+- Rakesh Mothukuri ([@rockey5520](https://github.com/rockey5520)) — Saiga GmbH
+- Richard Palmer ([@richmpw](https://github.com/richmpw)) — Mediavine
+- Roman G ([@rgushel](https://github.com/rgushel)) — display.io
+- Simon Safhalter ([@simonsafhalterceltra](https://github.com/simonsafhalterceltra)) — Celtra
+- The Omnichannel Network Exchange ([@O-N-X](https://github.com/O-N-X))
+- Torben Brodt ([@torbenbrodt](https://github.com/torbenbrodt)) — Opinary
+- Vishveshwar Jatain ([@eclecticv](https://github.com/eclecticv)) — And/or Labs
+
+### Individuals
+
+- Ev ([@EvgenyAndroid](https://github.com/EvgenyAndroid))
+- JC ([@junystar](https://github.com/junystar))
+- Joseph Milla ([@josephmilla](https://github.com/josephmilla))
+- Marek Jalovec ([@marekjalovec](https://github.com/marekjalovec))
+- Nastassia Fulconis ([@nastassiafulconis](https://github.com/nastassiafulconis))
+- Scott C ([@jabwuz-8cykwy-bedjuR](https://github.com/jabwuz-8cykwy-bedjuR))
+- Yannis ([@yvassiliadis](https://github.com/yvassiliadis))
+- Yusufbek Alimatov ([@youbek](https://github.com/youbek))
+
+### GitHub handles without a public profile name
+
+We credit contributions regardless of whether a contributor has published a name. Thanks to:
+
+[@Audrey-PP](https://github.com/Audrey-PP), [@CKBrennan](https://github.com/CKBrennan), [@Kat-swivel](https://github.com/Kat-swivel), [@LukasGoTom](https://github.com/LukasGoTom), [@MMason999](https://github.com/MMason999), [@andrazbajec](https://github.com/andrazbajec), [@coppertop18](https://github.com/coppertop18), [@dwiddick-deb](https://github.com/dwiddick-deb), [@leobpoba](https://github.com/leobpoba), [@muchimura-a11y](https://github.com/muchimura-a11y), [@pgreenemajor](https://github.com/pgreenemajor), [@pranit-adzymic](https://github.com/pranit-adzymic), [@tcashelmgni](https://github.com/tcashelmgni), [@tescoboy](https://github.com/tescoboy).
+
+If your handle appears here and you'd like your name or organization added, open a PR against this file.
+
+## Scope3 contributors
+
+Scope3 seeded AAO with foundational IP, funding, and the initial property-catalog knowledge graph. See [How is AAO related to Scope3?](https://docs.adcontextprotocol.org/docs/faq#how-is-aao-related-to-scope3) for the full relationship and the specific recusal rules that apply to Scope3-affiliated interim directors.
+
+Scope3 engineers and staff who have committed code, reviewed pull requests, or shaped working-group discussion:
+
+- Anne Coghlan ([@coghmeister](https://github.com/coghmeister))
+- Baiyu Huo ([@BaiyuScope3](https://github.com/BaiyuScope3))
+- Brian O'Kelley ([@bokelley](https://github.com/bokelley))
+- Emma Mulitz ([@EmmaLouise2018](https://github.com/EmmaLouise2018))
+- Kristen Moegling ([@kmoegling-scope3](https://github.com/kmoegling-scope3))
+- Lizzie Lawlor ([@llawlor-scope3](https://github.com/llawlor-scope3))
+
+## AI assistants
+
+Anthropic's Claude and Cursor are used throughout AAO's development workflow — authoring documentation, drafting pull requests, reviewing specifications, and operating Addie (AAO's teaching agent) and Sage (the protocol explainer). See the [AI Disclosure page](https://docs.adcontextprotocol.org/docs/ai-disclosure) for the full accounting of what is AI-authored versus AI-assisted, which models are used, and how to request human review.
+
+## How to contribute
+
+- Open an [issue](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp/issues) to propose a change, report a bug, or start a discussion.
+- Submit a [pull request](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp/pulls) — see [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for the PR workflow and changeset requirements.
+- Join a working group — see [docs/community/working-group](https://docs.adcontextprotocol.org/docs/community/working-group).
+- Join the community [Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/agenticads/shared_invite/zt-3h15gj6c0-FRTrD_y4HqmeXDKBl2TDEA).
+
+## Corrections
+
+Names, affiliations, or handles in this file are based on public GitHub profile data as of the commit adding each entry. If we got something wrong — missing affiliation, wrong organization, preferred name — open a PR against this file or email [hello@agenticadvertising.org](mailto:hello@agenticadvertising.org).

docs/ai-disclosure.mdx

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 AI authorship and evaluation by AAO intersect with AAO's broader governance in ways readers should know:
 
 - AAO is both the issuer and the grader of its certifications (Addie evaluates coursework and grants credentials AAO sells).
-- AAO's founder's other company (Scope3) contributed funding and foundational IP — see the [FAQ entry](/docs/faq#what-is-aao-s-relationship-with-scope3) for the full relationship.
+- AAO's founder's other company (Scope3) contributed funding and foundational IP — see the [FAQ entry](/docs/faq#how-is-aao-related-to-scope3) for the full relationship.
 
 The governance framework, board composition, and recusal rules are set out in [CHARTER.md](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp/blob/main/CHARTER.md), with the authoritative board list and funding disclosures at [agenticadvertising.org/governance](https://agenticadvertising.org/governance).