Governance

An overview of our governance and organizational structure

As of May 2021, the governance structure has yet to be fully agreed on and adopted. The governance structure below is temptative.

General membership

• General membership is made up of the people who’ve completed orientation

• Members can vote, join Teams and Kin groups, and work as dispatcher and responder

Community Advisory Board

The community advisoty board is made up of community members that represent populations that we serve. These are not “members” of KCR, but an auxiliary group that provides advice and guidance. Board members are not necessarily exactly on the same page as us e.g. (they don't have to be abolitionists) but have experience and expertise that can help us fulfil our mission.

The Community Advisory Board does not have binding decision-making power.

Permanent Teams

Operations Team

Duties:

• Facilitate meetings

• Facilitate participatory decision-making

• Manage Kin groups

• Manage and organize internal documents

• Manage and maintain tech infrastructure

Accountability Team

Duties:

• Maintain reliable feedback systems

• Regular internal assessments and report information/findings to organization

• Support teams for Plan-Do-Study-Act process

• Investigate grievances and Code of Conduct complaints

Community Partnerships Team

Duties:

• Manage social media accounts

• Educate the public/community about what we do and who we are

• Identify community needs

• Conduct listening sessions, focus groups, community roundtables

• Attend meetings for partner organizations, maintain regular contact - includes neighborhood council meetings, city council meeting, school board meetings

• Research new approaches for community engagement

Training Team

Duties:

• Design training curricula

• Conduct trainings

• Research new approaches/information to be trained on

• Outreach for external trainings

Rapid Response Team

Duties:

• Supervise the hotline

• Manage dispatch

• Maintain consistency/fluidity between shifts and teams

• Provide response

• Provide follow-ups to response when relevant

Ad hoc task forces:

Whenever a specific need emerges that doesn't fall within the scope of work of a permanent Team, an ad hoc task force is established with KCR members who are willng and able to work on it (e.g.: make changes to Code of Conduct.