Governance

How WAY is run.

Twenty Founding seats are open. The Executive runs the work. Founding Members guard the Charter. The same structure at every level — Hub, Country, and Global.

The split

Two jobs. Two bodies. They do not overlap.

Day-to-day

The Executive runs the work.

Members elect three officers. Those officers run operations and appoint the people who carry out missions.

  1. 01
    Members elect Founding and Life members at Global. Hub members at a hub.
  2. 02
    Executive Committee President, General Secretary, and Treasurer. A nomination fee is required. They appoint people for Act, Learn, and Connect. That appointment is a duty, not a separate office.

The rules

Founders guard the Charter.

Twenty-one seats. They approve major and rule changes. They do not appoint officers, run missions, or manage accounts.

  1. 21
    Founding Members Limited seats. Each names one nominee, aged 18 or over.
  2. 02
    Written majority Occupied seats only. Reply required within 21 days.
  3. 03
    Silence is not consent One founder cannot change the Charter. The Executive cannot add seats.

Bodies by level

Hub, Country, and Global each elect an Executive. Only Global has Founding seats.

The three Executive seats are the same at every level: President, General Secretary, and Treasurer. A nomination fee is required. The term is one year. Two consecutive terms in the same seat is the maximum. A person may hold one executive seat at a time.

The basic unit

Hub

Opens
21 members aged 18 or over
Members
Minimum 21. No maximum. No upper age limit.
Voters
Members aged 18 or over in that hub
Bodies
Executive only. No Founding seats.

Executive — 3 seats, elected

  • President
  • General Secretary
  • Treasurer

Runs Act, Learn, and Connect. Until five live hubs exist in the country, the hub is Individual and reports to Global.

After five live hubs

Country Hub

Opens
5 live hubs in one country
Hubs
Minimum 5 live. No maximum.
Voters
Members aged 18 or over in that country
Bodies
Executive only. No Founding seats.

Executive — 3 seats, elected

  • President
  • General Secretary
  • Treasurer

Coordinates national joint work. Each year the Country leadership may name two or three people for the Global Executive nomination pool.

Not an open membership

Global

Opens
Defined classes only. People join a hub first.
Voters
Founding and Life members
Bodies
Executive, plus Founding 21
Stand
Founding or Life, or 2–3 a year from a Country, or 1 a year from the strongest Individual Hub

Executive — 3 seats, elected

  • President
  • General Secretary
  • Treasurer

Founding — 21 seats, limited

  • Maximum 21
  • Approve the Charter
  • Do not run daily work

Under 18

Junior Hub

Opens
21 junior members and at least one advisor aged 18 or over
Executive Committee
The same 3 seats, elected by junior members
Advisor
Signs money and contracts. Not a fourth executive seat.
Limits
No Country or Global vote. Does not count toward the five-hub threshold.

Authority

What each body may decide.

Executive may decide

Operations

  • Missions and awards
  • Hub approval
  • Fee amounts and point values
  • Partners and events
  • Working appointments
  • Accounts

Founders must approve

The Charter

  • This Charter
  • Voting rights
  • The 2:1:1 fee split
  • Founding seats and the 21-member rule
  • Age rules and the election framework
  • The name of the organization

Nominees

A Founding seat has a named successor.

  1. 1 Name one person

    Each Founding Member names one nominee, aged 18 or over, in writing.

  2. 2 Same seat, later

    On death or incapacity, that person takes the same seat. It is not a 22nd seat.

  3. 3 No vote until then

    A nominee has no vote before the seat is activated. There is no election first.

Read the Charter