1. Helping to replace any vacant Bioregional chairs in their Region.
2. Be the ultimate arbiter of any disciplinary action among members in their Bioregion, should it prove to be necessary.
3. Remaining appraised of any important organizationally relevant happenings within their Bioregion, and report them to their Regional Chair.
4. Maintaining an accurate, up-to-date listing of all members of the leadership of the organization, including relevant contact information, while keeping the Regional Chair appraised of any changes.
5. Organizing Bioregional-level events, conventions, protests, etc., while keeping the Regional Chair apprised of any important happenings.
6. Helping to create/approve any official recruitment and educational materials for the organization in partnership with other Regional and Bioregional Chairs.
7. Developing a regional awareness for the Bioregion, highlighting its uniqueness, and interdependence upon the other Bioregions in its Region.
8. Determining any future responsibilities.
Subregional Chairs – This level of upper management contains the greatest number of positions at 100. These people will be in charge of a roughly county-sized subregion, and are required to initially asses the number of divisions their subregion needs based on the population size, its density, and the numbers of cities and towns within their subregion. Following this determination, subregional chairs are responsible for recruiting Divisional Chairs for each Division. In addition, each Subregional Chair is responsible for:
1. Re-assessing the number of Divisions as needed, and recruiting new Divisional Chairs when necessary.
2. Promoting the organization on a subregional level, and engaging the region through organizing regional activities, events, conventions, etc.
3. Keeping appraised of issues within the subregion in order to find areas where our organization can help out the California Community.
4. Keeping Bioregional Chairs informed of any important happenings within the assigned subregion.
5. Determining any future responsibilities.
Divisional Chair – This is a ‘middle’ level of leadership, and it and the level below it are the most flexible levels of management in terms of numbers, geographic size, and etc. The initial responsibilities of a new Divisional Chair is to asses the needed number of Local Divisions within their area (usually the size of a city or town) and recruit the necessary Local Chairs for their Division. The partitioning of Local Divisions should be approved by their Subregional Chair before proceeding with recruitment. In addition to these basic responsibilities, Divisional Chairs are in charge of:
1. Keeping their Subregional Chair informed of any important happenings within their city, including places where the organization can help the local community.
2. Organizing recruitment efforts on the level of their Division.
3. Being an involved, active, and motivated individual who takes pride in their local community and wishes to see its betterment.
4. Determining any future responsibilities.
Local Chair – This is the most important level of the organization, as these are the individuals who are most responsible for directly interacting with their communities and promoting the organization among the general population. These local organizers are in charge of managing the recruitment and retention efforts on the local level, informing their members of conventions, events, activities, etc. that are organized by the higher levels of leadership, and for passing along the concerns of their members to the upper levels of the organization.