How to oikos Guideline Update

What’s the organizational guideline?

Building up on the constitution, the organizational guideline is a more comprehensive roadmap of all organisation-related topics. The guideline serves to create an overview for everyone who wants to learn more about oikos. Like a red thread, the guideline offers orientation about how things link together in oikos. It has the format of a wike, which you can find here.

At the same time, it fosters accountability & transparency on multiple levels:

• For the team to navigate to more details on certain processes & ways of working; the guideline is also very important for onboarding processes

• For the community to understand how we are working as an international organization & network; as well as an inspiration for chapter governance

• For externals to understand how we are working as an international organization & network It contains summaries and overviews, linking to related documents that offer more detail.

What’s the structure of the guideline?

The document follows the topics addressed in the constitution chapters, complemented by a glossary & FAQ. The aim is to weave a thread, a guideline through all that is going on in oikos, showing how all is connected and where to find more detailed information.

What belongs into the guideline - What doesn’t

DO	DOESN'T
WHAT? as a guiding question:	Things that change very often, eg. on a monthly level
Things that help understand the bigger picture around oikos	The same things that are stated in the constitution
More detailed/accessible than constitution, less detailed than the field guides	Details about daily processes & descriptions of these Eg. single program outlines (HOW?)
Orientation & Overview - what is happening at oikos?, how are we working?	Outcomes of processes, dates, current roles etc.
Things that don’t change every 6 months (more stable, process overview) Eg. purpose of programs & categories, link to program overviews etc.

WHO is responsible for the guideline & how is it updated?

The guideline is updated in an annual revision process stewarded by a board member owning the role. Each circle will be contacted with an invitation to update their respective part. You won't have to navigate the backend of the wiki yourself, no worries :)

The oI team shares their consent for the changes to be accepted. Broad communication of the update to the oikos community is very important. In case changes are required beyond the annual update, the change can be requested.

Current Role Owner: Anna