diff --git a/prototype/poc-machi/include/machi.hrl b/prototype/poc-machi/include/machi.hrl
index 29542e0..2f52c3e 100644
--- a/prototype/poc-machi/include/machi.hrl
+++ b/prototype/poc-machi/include/machi.hrl
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
           init_finished   :: boolean(),
           name            :: m_server(),
           proj            :: #projection{},
-          proj_proposed   :: #projection{},
+          proj_proposed   :: 'none' | #projection{},
           myflu           :: pid() | atom(),
           %%
           runenv          :: list() %proplist()
diff --git a/prototype/poc-machi/src/machi_chain_manager1.erl b/prototype/poc-machi/src/machi_chain_manager1.erl
index 6ef340b..dce336a 100644
--- a/prototype/poc-machi/src/machi_chain_manager1.erl
+++ b/prototype/poc-machi/src/machi_chain_manager1.erl
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@
 
 %% API
 -export([start_link/6, stop/1, ping/1,
-         calculate_projection_internal_old/1,
-         test_write_proposed_projection/1]).
-%% -export([]).
+         calculate_projection_internal_old/1]).
 -export([init/1, handle_call/3, handle_cast/2, handle_info/2,
          terminate/2, code_change/3]).
 
@@ -40,7 +38,8 @@
 -ifdef(TEST).
 -export([test_calc_projection/2,
          test_calc_proposed_projection/1,
-         test_cl_read_public_proj/1]).
+         test_write_proposed_projection/1,
+         test_read_public_projection/2]).
 
 -ifdef(EQC).
 -include_lib("eqc/include/eqc.hrl").
@@ -88,8 +87,8 @@ test_calc_projection(Pid, KeepRunenvP) ->
 test_calc_proposed_projection(Pid) ->
     gen_server:cast(Pid, {test_calc_proposed_projection}).
 
-test_cl_read_public_proj(Pid) ->
-    gen_server:call(Pid, {test_cl_read_public_proj}, infinity).
+test_read_public_projection(Pid, ReadRepairP) ->
+    gen_server:call(Pid, {test_read_public_projection, ReadRepairP}, infinity).
 -endif. % TEST
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
@@ -117,8 +116,12 @@ handle_call({calculate_projection_internal_old}, _From, S) ->
     {Reply, S2} = calc_projection(S, [{author_proc, call}]),
     {reply, Reply, S2};
 handle_call({test_write_proposed_projection}, _From, S) ->
-    {Res, S2} = do_cl_write_current_proj(S),
-    {reply, Res, S2};
+    if S#ch_mgr.proj_proposed == none ->
+            {reply, none, S};
+       true ->
+            {Res, S2} = do_cl_write_proposed_proj(S),
+            {reply, Res, S2}
+    end;
 handle_call({ping}, _From, S) ->
     {reply, pong, S};
 handle_call({stop}, _From, S) ->
@@ -128,9 +131,9 @@ handle_call({test_calc_projection, KeepRunenvP}, _From, S) ->
     {reply, {ok, P}, if KeepRunenvP -> S2;
                         true        -> S
                      end};
-handle_call({test_cl_read_public_proj}, _From, S) ->
-    {Res, _DiscardS2} = cl_read_public_proj(S, true),
-    {reply, Res, S};
+handle_call({test_read_public_projection, ReadRepairP}, _From, S) ->
+    {Res, ExtraInfo, _DiscardS2} = do_cl_read_public_projection(ReadRepairP, S),
+    {reply, {Res, ExtraInfo}, S};
 handle_call(_Call, _From, S) ->
     {reply, whaaaaaaaaaa, S}.
 
@@ -180,25 +183,11 @@ finish_init(BestProj, #ch_mgr{init_finished=false, myflu=MyFLU} = S) ->
             exit({yo_weird, Else})
     end.
 
-do_cl_write_current_proj(#ch_mgr{proj=Proj, myflu=MyFLU} = S) ->
+do_cl_write_proposed_proj(#ch_mgr{proj_proposed=Proj} = S) ->
     #projection{epoch_number=Epoch} = Proj,
     case cl_write_public_proj(Epoch, Proj, S) of
-        {ok, S2} ->
-            case cl_read_public_proj(S2, true) of
-                {ok, Proj2, S3} ->
-                    %% ?D(Proj2),
-                    %% ?D(machi_flu0:get_epoch(MyFLU)),
-                    Proj2b = update_projection_dbg2(
-                               Proj2, [{hooray, {date(), time()}}]),
-                    ok = machi_flu0:proj_write(MyFLU, Epoch, private, Proj2b),
-                    MyP = make_projection_summary(element(2,
-                                 machi_flu0:proj_read_latest(MyFLU, private))),
-                    ?D(MyP),
-                    ?D(S3#ch_mgr.runenv),
-                    {ok, S3#ch_mgr{proj=Proj2}};
-                {_Other3, _S3}=Else3 ->
-                    Else3
-            end;
+        {ok, _S2}=Res ->
+            Res;
         {_Other2, _S2}=Else2 ->
             Else2
     end.
@@ -206,6 +195,8 @@ do_cl_write_current_proj(#ch_mgr{proj=Proj, myflu=MyFLU} = S) ->
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
 cl_write_public_proj(Epoch, Proj, S) ->
+    %% Write to local public projection store first, and if it succeeds,
+    %% then write to all remote public projection stores.
     cl_write_public_proj_local(Epoch, Proj, S).
 
 cl_write_public_proj_local(Epoch, Proj, #ch_mgr{myflu=MyFLU}=S) ->
@@ -225,16 +216,45 @@ cl_write_public_proj_remote(FLUs, Partitions, Epoch, Proj, S) ->
     %% We're going to be very cavalier about this write because we'll rely
     %% on the read side to do any read repair.
     DoIt = fun(X) -> machi_flu0:proj_write(X, Epoch, public, Proj) end,
-    Rs = [perhaps_call_t(S, Partitions, FLU, fun() -> DoIt(FLU) end) ||
+    Rs = [{FLU, perhaps_call_t(S, Partitions, FLU, fun() -> DoIt(FLU) end)} ||
              FLU <- FLUs],
-    case lists:usort(Rs) of
-        [ok] ->
-            {ok, S};
-        _ ->
-            {{mixed_bag, lists:zip(FLUs, Rs)}, S}
+    {{remote_write_results, Rs}, S}.
+
+do_cl_read_public_projection(ReadRepairP,
+                             #ch_mgr{proj=Proj1, myflu=MyFLU} = S) ->
+    Epoch1 = Proj1#projection.epoch_number,
+    case cl_read_public_projection(S) of
+        {unanimous, Proj2, Extra, S3} when Proj2 == Proj1 ->
+            {Proj2, Extra, S3};
+        {unanimous, #projection{epoch_number=Epoch2}=Proj2, Extra, _S3}
+          when Epoch2 < Epoch1 orelse
+               (Epoch2 == Epoch1 andalso Proj2 /= Proj1) ->
+            exit({invariant_error, mine, Proj1, cl_unanimous, Proj2, extra, Extra});
+        {unanimous, #projection{epoch_number=Epoch2}=Proj2, Extra, S3}
+          when Epoch2 > Epoch1 ->
+            Proj2b = update_projection_dbg2(
+                       Proj2, [{hooray, {date(), time()}}|Extra]),
+            ok = machi_flu0:proj_write(MyFLU, Epoch2, private, Proj2b),
+            {Proj2, Extra, S3#ch_mgr{proj=Proj2b}};
+        {needs_work, _FLUsRs, _Extra, _S3}=Else3 ->
+            if not ReadRepairP ->
+                    Else3;
+               true ->
+                    %% 1. Do the results contain a projection?
+                    %%    perhaps figure that in cl_read_public_projection()?
+                    %% 2. Were there any error_unwritten?
+                    %% 3. Repair the unwritten FLUs.
+                    %% 4. Nothing to do with timeouts, right?  They're
+                    %%    hopeless for the moment, need to wait.
+                    
+                    %% For read-repair, just choose the best and then brute-
+                    %% force write, don't care about write status, then
+                    %% repeat do_cl_read_public_projection() ??
+                    Else3
+            end
     end.
 
-cl_read_public_proj(#ch_mgr{proj=Proj}=S, ReadRepairP) ->
+cl_read_public_projection(#ch_mgr{proj=Proj}=S) ->
     #projection{all_members=All_list} = Proj,
     {_UpNodes, Partitions, S2} = calc_up_nodes(S),
     DoIt = fun(X) ->
@@ -245,15 +265,13 @@ cl_read_public_proj(#ch_mgr{proj=Proj}=S, ReadRepairP) ->
            end,
     Rs = [perhaps_call_t(S, Partitions, FLU, fun() -> DoIt(FLU) end) ||
              FLU <- All_list],
-    %% todo fix the disparity between the return tuples below
     case lists:usort(Rs) of
         [P] when is_record(P, projection) ->
-            {ok, P, S2};
-        _ when ReadRepairP ->
+            Extra = [{all_replied, length(Rs) == length(All_list)}],
+            {unanimous, P, [{unanimous,true}|Extra], S2};
+        _ ->
             FLUsRs = lists:zip(All_list, Rs),
-            rank_and_repair_instructions(FLUsRs, Proj);
-        _ when not ReadRepairP ->
-            {error_not_unanimous, undefined_todo, S2} % todo?
+            {needs_work, FLUsRs, [flarfus], S2} % todo?
     end.
 
 make_initial_projection(MyName, All_list, UPI_list, Repairing_list, Ps) ->
@@ -497,6 +515,8 @@ smoke0_test() ->
     {ok, FLUa} = machi_flu0:start_link(a),
     {ok, M0} = ?MGR:start_link(a, [a,b,c], {1,2,3}, 50, 50, a),
     try
+        pong = ping(M0),
+
         [begin
              Proj = ?MGR:calculate_projection_internal_old(M0),
              io:format(user, "~w\n", [?MGR:make_projection_summary(Proj)])
@@ -511,7 +531,8 @@ smoke1_test() ->
     {ok, FLUb} = machi_flu0:start_link(b),
     {ok, FLUc} = machi_flu0:start_link(c),
     I_represent = I_am = a,
-    {ok, M0} = ?MGR:start_link(I_represent, [a,b,c], {1,2,3}, 50, 50, I_am),
+    %% {ok, M0} = ?MGR:start_link(I_represent, [a,b,c], {1,2,3}, 50, 50, I_am),
+    {ok, M0} = ?MGR:start_link(I_represent, [a,b,c], {1,2,3}, 0, 100, I_am),
     try
         {ok, P1} = test_calc_projection(M0, false),
         %% ?D(make_projection_summary(P1)),
@@ -520,10 +541,11 @@ smoke1_test() ->
         %% {ok, _Pb} = test_calc_projection(M0, true),
         %% %% ?D(make_projection_summary(_Pb)),
 
-        pong = ping(M0),
-
-        %% _ = test_calc_proposed_projection(M0),
-        %% ok = test_write_proposed_projection(M0),
+        _ = test_calc_proposed_projection(M0),
+        {remote_write_results, [{b,ok},{c,ok}]} =
+              test_write_proposed_projection(M0),
+        XX = test_read_public_projection(M0, false),
+        ?D(XX),
 
         ok
     after
@@ -546,8 +568,10 @@ smoke1_test() ->
 %%         P1Epoch = P1#projection.epoch_number,
 %%         ok = machi_flu0:proj_write(FLUa, P1Epoch, public, P1a),
 %%         ok = machi_flu0:proj_write(FLUb, P1Epoch, public, P1b),
-%%         XX = test_cl_read_public_proj(M0),
-%%         ?D(XX)
+%%         XX = test_read_public_projection(M0, false),
+%%         ?D(XX),
+%%         XX2 = test_read_public_projection(M0, true),
+%%         ?D(XX2)
 %%     after
 %%         ok = ?MGR:stop(M0),
 %%         ok = machi_flu0:stop(FLUa),