🌱 Circle Charter

✨ This template ensures every Circle/Sub-Circle charter feels:

• Living (reviewed & updated regularly).
• Clear (no ambiguity about scope, roles, accountabilities).
• Transparent (easy for any member to find what’s going on).

Circle Name & Icon

(Example: 🌱 Water Systems SubCircle)

1. Purpose 🎯

Why this Circle exists.

• One or two sentences, phrased as the living purpose.
• Example: “To steward clean, regenerative water systems for our community and ecosystems.”

2. Domains 🗺️

What this Circle fully controls.

• List of areas the Circle has sovereignty over (e.g., budget slice, resources, systems).
• Example:

3. Accountabilities ✅

Core ongoing responsibilities.

• What the Circle is expected to deliver.
• Example:

4. Core Roles 🧩

(These exist in every Circle)

• Lead Steward 🎯: holds purpose, assigns roles, sets priorities.
• Rep Steward 🔄: represents Circle outward, elected/rotating.
• Admin Facilitator ⚙️: ensures documentation, compliance, training.
• AI Secretary 🤖: auto-logs decisions, policies, metrics, conflicts.

(Add additional Circle-specific roles here, with links to Role Cards.)

5. Decision & Meeting Rhythm 🗓️

• Weekly/biweekly tactical check-in.
• Monthly governance review.
• Quarterly reflection & strategy alignment.
• Async proposals with 48h consent window.

6. Alignment 🔗

How this Circle connects to the larger CCOS ecosystem.

• Parent Circle: (e.g., Ecology & Regeneration Sector)
• Linked Circles: (dependencies or close collaborations)
• Rep Steward ensures upward communication.

7. KPIs & Metrics 📊

What success looks like.

• Example:

8. Transparency & Logs 🔎

• Where to find this Circle’s:
• AI Secretary ensures everything is documented and Admin Facilitator ⚙️ ensures relevant information is linked & flagged.

9. Last Review 🔄

• Date last reviewed: ____
• Next scheduled review: ____
• Reviewed by: Lead Steward + Rep Steward + Admin Facilitator.

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