Referral note — one colleague, no incentive

Stage it moves: a warm → 1 for the colleague. Buyer page in the note: workflow fit.

A researcher who got real value is the best introduction we will ever have. We ask them, once, to forward a short note to one colleague. There is no incentive: no discount, credit, gift, fee or ranking. Offering one would turn a recommendation into a paid placement and conflicts with the no-paid- acquisition rule (page 00).

When to ask

Only after all of these:

• their own frames came back inside 48 hours (stage 2 done);
• they said, in writing, that it was useful (a reply, a methods citation, a second frame sent);
• you have not asked them before.

Never ask during an open proposal or a needs_review question. Never ask an industrial production contact.

The ask (plain text)

Glad the reconstructions were useful. One small ask, only if it feels right:
is there one colleague, in your group or elsewhere, who runs holograms and
might want the same thing? If so, the note below is written to be forwarded
as is. No incentive either way, and no hard feelings if not.

The forwardable note

Subject: A hosted hologram reconstruction that gives you a citable result ID

I've been using ApertureAPI to reconstruct holograms from our <geometry>
setup. Each frame + settings comes back with a result ID and an evidence
record anyone can recompute, plus a methods paragraph you can adapt.

Before sending anything you can check whether your setup fits (no account,
takes two minutes): https://api.apertureapi.com/docs/workflow-fit

It's research tooling, not a validated measurement instrument; they're clear
about what it does not claim. If you want to try it, reply-all or write to
system@apertureapi.com and mention my name.

<their name>

The researcher edits it freely; never ask them to add claims.

Rules

• One colleague only. We ask for one; if they forward to more, fine, we don't ask for a list.
• No CC'ing us into their forward unless they choose to.
• The colleague is a new row (page 12), owner = you, source = referral:<name>. They go through the fit check like everyone else (page 24).
• Thank the referrer once when the colleague replies. No gift.

Artifact: the ask in your sent mail; the colleague row tagged referral.