LOL, it was definitely "Officially Discussed." There were entire articles about it in the Spokesman at the time.Somebody was asking about Gateway project expectations back in the day. This 97 page thread was once titled The Gateway Project and was pinned to the top of the page for years.
I do remember when Chaves tried to distance himself from TGP saying that it was never officially discussed. That was probably about the time the title of this thread was changed.