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Organization Structure

Define the building blocks of your hierarchy — org component types at the top, then actual organizations arranged in a tree below.

The Organization Structure page is found under ORGANIZATION → Org Chart in the admin sidebar. This is where you define the abstract types that make up your hierarchy (like "Region" or "Chapter") and then create actual organizations of those types, nesting them into a tree that reflects your real-world structure.

Admin Panel ORGANIZATION Org Chart Governance Administrators Organization Structure Org Components + Add NAME TYPE PARENT MEMBERS BOARD DEF. BOARD COLOR Club Root — ✓ ✓ Executive Region Container Club × ✓ Regional Chapter Leaf Region ✓ ✓ Chapter Organization Hierarchy + Add ORGANIZATION TYPE MEMBERS BOARD ▼ Riverside MC Club 42 Executive ▼ West Region Region — Regional Portland Chapter Chapter 18 Chapter Seattle Chapter Chapter 12 Chapter ▶ East Region Region — Regional
The Org Chart page — org component types at top define your hierarchy blueprint; the organization tree below shows your actual structure with expand/collapse.

Org Components

Org components are the abstract building blocks of your hierarchy. Think of them as templates — you define a "Chapter" component once, then create many chapters from it. Each component defines what capabilities organizations of that type have.

Component Properties

  • Name: The label for this type of organization (e.g., "Club", "Region", "Chapter").
  • Type: Whether this is a Root (top-level), Container (groups other orgs but may not hold members directly), or Leaf (the lowest level).
  • Parent: Which component type can contain organizations of this type. Root components have no parent.
  • Can Have Members: Whether organizations of this type can have members assigned to them directly.
  • Can Have Board: Whether organizations of this type can have a governing board with roles.
  • Default Board: Which board template is assigned by default when creating a new organization of this type.
  • Default Color: The accent color used for organizations of this type throughout the interface.

Adding a Component

  1. Click the + Add button in the Org Components section.
  2. Enter a name for the component type.
  3. Choose the component type (Root, Container, or Leaf).
  4. Select which component type serves as the parent (unless Root).
  5. Toggle the Members and Board capabilities as needed.
  6. Select a default board and pick a color.
  7. Click Save to create the component.
Tip

Plan your component hierarchy before creating organizations. Changing the parent of a component type after organizations have been created can require reorganizing your tree. Start with a simple hierarchy and expand later if needed.

Organization Hierarchy

Once your components are defined, the Organization Hierarchy section lets you build the actual tree of organizations. Each organization is an instance of one of your component types, placed within the hierarchy according to its parent rules.

Working with the Tree

  • Expand/Collapse: Click the arrow icon (▶/▼) next to any container or root organization to show or hide its children.
  • Member Count: Each organization that can have members shows a count of currently assigned members.
  • Board: Shows which board template is assigned to the organization.

Adding an Organization

  1. Click + Add in the Organization Hierarchy section.
  2. Choose the component type for the new organization.
  3. Enter a name (e.g., "Portland Chapter").
  4. Select the parent organization from the tree.
  5. Optionally override the default board or color.
  6. Click Create to add it to the hierarchy.
Good to know

The organization hierarchy determines member visibility, admin permissions, and content scope throughout fellos. Members belong to leaf organizations, and admins at higher levels inherit visibility into all organizations below them in the tree.