On Chapters, Regions, Squads and how the community communicates
Our chapters are organized in houses as they travel through the Chapter Pathways Program.
The oikos Houses are multicultural clusters of chapters that are similar in size and timezone. One can think of fellow House chapters a bit like a family or a peer group, who are guided by a House Facilitator through the Chapter Pathways. In monthly calls, the oikos Houses offer a familiar space where chapter representatives receive and share information, ideas, tools, feedback and motivation with each other. Each chapter is invited to leverage the diversity of ideas in the hivemind by bringing questions or topics that concern their everyday work!
Find more details & the current regions & chapters in the House Field Guide (coming soon).
oiKosmos - Where oikees meet
The purpose of the oiKosmos, our virtual community infrastructure, is to keep the community connected and updated, both concerning oikos International and themselves, so that our impact can thrive in and through relationships. It is about creating access to opportunities and giving way for both formal and informal conversation between the members of the network.
The oiKosmos consists of our public oiKosmos guide, a Miro board (Provides an overview & access to all oiKosmos elements, guidelines and relevant contacts, additionally to the newest information about oikos International and other opportunities, fun to navigate and accessible), a community Discord server (Gives oikos members and friends a chance to interact outside of programs and events, creates a space for exchange, meet and work online - also allows for private servers for chapters not managed by oikos International, chapter space template available), and the oikos Toolbox (all essential documents, guides, forms & marketing material for the daily life in the oikos community and oikos Chapters). The oiKosmos is maintained by the IT Manager and the Community Support/oiKosmos facilitator.
Who said we cannot have coffee breaks online? oiCoffee is a simple way for oikees to connect with other oikees and friends of oikos from all over the world. On a regular basis, oiKosmos Discord server members can decide to sign up in the dedicated #oikoffee-signup channel. A Discord bot will then pair them up with another oikee through a DM, encouraging them to meet for a virtual coffee over video chat with an icebreaker. ☕
For more information about the oiKosmos and oiCoffee, please see the oiKosmos Field Guide or the oiKosmos Wiki.