The organization tree

Groups nest inside groups, and the Groups tab on a group's page shows the ones beneath it and the ones alongside it.

What this is

Groups nest. An organization can hold subgroups, and a subgroup can hold subgroups of its own.

Groups can also stand alongside each other without nesting. Those are relationships, not parents.

The Groups tab on a group's page shows both.

What you see

Under the group's name at the top of the page, a trail of its parents runs left to right, root first, each one a link, ending in the group you are on. A group with no parent has no trail.

The Groups tab holds two cards.

Subgroups lists each child group with its picture, its name and its member count. When there are none it says so, and an admin is told they can create one.

Affiliated groups lists the groups tied to this one without nesting, each with its picture, its name, the kind of tie, and its member count. When there are none, the card is not drawn at all.

What you can do here

• Read a group's parents, children and neighbours. See Read a group's tree.
• Add a group beneath this one. See Create a subgroup.
• Tie this group to another one sideways. See Add a relationship to another group.

How to

Read a group's tree

1. Open the group.
2. Read the trail under its name. Those are its parents, root first.
3. Press the Groups tab.
4. Read Subgroups for the groups beneath it, and Affiliated groups for the groups alongside it.

Create a subgroup

1. Open the group.
2. Press the Groups tab.
3. Press Create Subgroup on the Subgroups card. It appears only for admins and the group's creator.
4. Fill in Subgroup Name and Description.
5. Press Create Subgroup.

When the parent is an organization, the dialog tells you the new subgroup keeps the organization tab set.

Add a relationship to another group

1. Open the group.
2. Stay on the About tab and scroll to the card headed Group Relationships. It appears only for admins.
3. Press Add Relationship.
4. Choose the kind of tie: Affiliate, Partner, Coalition or Subgroup.
5. Choose the other group and save.

What changes for you

The Groups tab is set to members only by default, so someone who has not joined usually does not see the tree at all.

Create Subgroup appears only for a group's admins and its creator.

Group Relationships appears only for admins.

Economic share-class subgroups are deliberately left out of this list. They appear on the Stake tab instead.

Where this connects

• A group's page explains the rest of the tabs.
• Subgroups and projects explains what a subgroup and a project each hold.
• Groups is where you find a group in the first place.