The CS Constitution documents the core rules, structure, and processes of the Holacracy-based “operating system” for governing and managing used by us. It provides the foundation for us to use and adapt Holacracy, by anchoring the shift of power required in concrete and documented “rules of the game”, which everyone involved can rely upon.
The Constitution is intended to be referenced by whatever declaration or agreement captures the decision to organize using this Holacracy-based system. That may be a formal set of legal bylaws or similar operating agreement, or a simple board resolution or CEO policy declaration similar to the sample one attached here. See Article V for key adoption-related matters. Also note that this explanatory page and the sample declaration are included for informative purposes but are not part of the core Constitution document.
The CS Constitution is not a methodology or anything like it. It is our own set of operating rules based on and derrived from original Holacracy by HolacracyOne.
HolacracyOne is not a law firm. Code Sprinetrs is not a law firm. The information contained herein is documentation of Code Sprinters Holacracy based rules and processes, and should not be construed as legal advice to be applied to any specific factual situation. You should not rely upon the materials provided in this document in a legal capacity or for legal needs without first consulting an attorney with respect to your specific situation. This document is provided "as-is", without warranty or condition of any kind whatsoever. HolacracyOne does not warrant this document’s quality, accuracy, timeliness, completeness, merchantability, or fitness for use or purpose. To the maximum extent provided by law, HolacracyOne, Code Spinters and their agents and members shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever arising from the use of this document.
This is based on Holacracy Constitution by HolacracyOne available here: http://holacracy.org/constitution. Because of the original license this document is not called "Holacracy" - it is all Holacracy-based.
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Up to version 4.0, the Holacracy Constitution was developed by Brian Robertson and HolacracyOne.
Contributors to v4.1 include Brian Robertson, Rashid Gilanpour, Alexia Bowers, djwork, Martina Röll, Olivier Compagne, Koen Veltman, Mieke Byerley, Diederick Janse, Karilen Mays, Bernard Marie Chiquet, Tim Kelley, Dien Kwik, Kræn Hansen and Jeffrey Anthony.
A role is Holacracy's core building block for organizational structure, and a circle contains and integrates many roles. This article covers how roles and circles are structured and connected.
Filling a role conveys certain authorities and responsibilities, as well as duties to fellow team members. This article covers those authorities and expectations, as well as the tactical meeting process used to coordinate operational work.
A circle's governance process is used to define its roles and policies. This article defines the governance process and the ground rules for proposing changes or objecting to proposals.
This article deals with the transition from pre-Holacracy to operating under the Constitution, and provides rules when adopting Holacracy within a board structure with a group of representatives in lieu of a single Lead Link.
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