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10 Knowledge/Templates/Decision Template.md

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+- 🟡 **Proposed** — Decision is being considered; not final yet.
+- 🟢 **Decided** — Decision has been made and is currently valid.
+- 🔴 **Rejected** — Option/proposal was explicitly considered and rejected.
+- ⚫ **Superseded** — Was previously a valid decision, but a newer decision replaced it.
+
 **Date:** {{date}}
 **Status:** 🟡 Proposed
 **Decision Owner:** 

20 Work/Decisions/Decision to stay with Algolia.md

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+**Date:** 2026-07-27
+**Status:** 🟢 **Decided** 
+**Decision Owner:** Amadou
+**People Involved:** Amadou, Mohammed B
+
+## Context
+
+New policy is forcing us to look at Canadian alternatives first. They needed to justify if they were American or not. If American and no employees in Canada, then I must submit an exception for this. 
+
+## Problem
+
+Determine whether the procurement requirements and ongoing cost of Algolia justify replacing it with an alternative search platform.
+
+Replacing Algolia would affect multiple websites and require significant integration work, including a review and reimplementation of the synchronization between Directus and Algolia.
+
+## Options Considered
+
+### Option 1
+
+**Description:** Leaving them
+
+**Pros:** Could probably be cheaper using services like mielesearch or typesense
+- 
+
+**Cons:** Very expensive on integration of all websites and full review of the sync code between Directus and Algolia
+- 
+
+### Option 2
+
+**Description:** Stay with them
+
+**Pros:** Nothing changes
+- 
+
+**Cons:** Still expensive. 
+- 
+
+## Decision
+
+What did we decide? 
+Decision is to stay with Algolia
+
+## Why
+
+Why was this option chosen? Cheaper long term and less disruptive
+
+## Risks / Trade-offs
+
+What are we accepting by making this decision? 
+
+- We continue accepting Algolia's current recurring cost.
+- We may need to maintain a procurement exception.
+- This decision delays exploring potentially cheaper alternatives.
+
+## Next Steps
+
+- [ ] 
+- [ ] 
+
+## Outcome
+
+_To be completed later._
+
+What actually happened after the decision? Keeping the same stability in place. No need to redo and force a new system. 
+
+## Lessons Learned
+
+What would I do differently next time? N/A
+
+## Related
+
+- [[]]