Chapter Playbook

Work in Progress: draft for review

This playbook is the single reference for everything related to running a Global AI Community chapter: how to start one, what's expected of you while you run it, and what happens if a chapter needs to be handed over or closed down.

Use the menu to navigate:

• Onboarding a New Chapter: how to start a chapter and get it set up
• Requirements to Keep Your Chapter: what's expected of an active chapter, and what happens if requirements aren't met
• Offboarding a Chapter (Draft): how to close a chapter
• Transferring a Chapter (Draft): how to hand over a chapter to a new organizer
• Code of Conduct: the rules that govern all chapter activity
• Advisory Board: how the community is represented and how nominations work
• Discord: join the server and request the Chapter Lead role
• LinkedIn: request and manage your chapter's Showcase Page
• Organizing Events: practical steps for planning and running a local event
• Event Photography: the shots and event moments to capture

Note: Pages marked (Draft) propose a process that does not yet exist elsewhere in our documentation. Please review these carefully, they are our best-effort recommendation based on how similar volunteer communities operate, not yet a ratified policy.

Quick Reference

I want to...	Go to
Start a brand new chapter	Onboarding a New Chapter
Set up my chapter's tools and accounts	Onboarding a New Chapter
Understand what's expected of me as a chapter lead	Requirements to Keep Your Chapter
Add or remove an organizer	Transferring a Chapter: Partial Transfers
Hand my chapter to a new organizer	Transferring a Chapter
Close my chapter	Offboarding a Chapter
Read the Code of Conduct	Code of Conduct
Join or nominate someone for the Advisory Board	Advisory Board
Join the chapter lead community	Discord
Set up my chapter's LinkedIn presence	LinkedIn Showcase Page
Organize a local event	Organizing Events
Plan event photography	Event Photography Checklist