# STRUCTURE & GOVERN a chapter {% embed url="" %} Ariadna, former oikos Barcelona president, speaking about their chapter structure, roles & responsibilities. {% endembed %} {% embed url="" %} Lauriane, oikos Lille Alumna, sharing about the Advisory Council oikos Lille has established. {% endembed %} {% hint style="info" %} **Main recommendations for structuring & governing your chapter:** * Have **clear roles & responsibilities** e.g. by having core departments with heads/board members * Examples for departments/sub-teams within your chapter: * Legal (e.g. for contracts, drafting by-laws) * Human Resources (e.g. for member recruiting and team buildings) * Finance (e.g. for handling the budget and finding sponsors) * Marketing (e.g. for social media and on-campus marketing) * Digital/IT (e.g. for handling the website) * Projects (e.g. managing/coordinating projects of the chapter) * Other: Consulting (for consulting projects with businesses), Change (for change initiaitves together with the university) {% endhint %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://wiki.oikos-international.org/oikosmos/best-practices/how-to.../structure-and-govern-a-chapter.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.