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5.0 THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE STRUCTURES FORM AND
DEVELOP
A group could be started and convert into a
structure, and continue to develop quantitatively and qualitatively
with members who are unrooted or spread out, that is, with a
composition which is dispersed in space. This can be one way to begin
if the intention is to greatly spread out, and if the original members
have the capacity to multiply themselves in geographical points distant
from their peers.
If, on the other hand, the intention is to influence
a precise environment, then the group must be initiated in a rooted
way.
5.1 An
unrooted group has difficulties in mobilizing people,
because its components work in different environments. Furthermore, it
has problems of contact and of speed in the internal circulation of
information. Finally, its capacity to respond is slow, because each
decision made requires meetings and getting together with the
corresponding problems of displacements over great distances.
Suppose there are ten people who live an average of
one hour from their meeting place, then it will require ten
person-hours invested in nothing more than travel in order to have a
meeting.
5.2 A
rooted group has more capacity of integration,
because it has as a reference a
certain area, and both the displacement of its members as well as its
action over the immediate environment, are short in space and time.
The rooted group focuses on its neighborhood,
university, or workplace environment. It arises and then converts into
a structure within this specific environment, and maintains a growing
presence, and it also mobilizes sympathizers or adherents who, without
being part of the Movement, support the development of the
organization.
5.3 A
rooted group needs to follow a growing adaptation
to the environment in which it is
inserted. If its adaptation impedes its growth and the mobilization of
the people in its environment, then this is characterized as declining
adaptation. The theme of
adaptation (which has either a growing or declining direction), is of
the highest importance, and it is defined by the results obtained.
Meeting centers
which are open to the public and periodic publications
are two reference points more characteristic of the neighborhood
environment than of the workplace or university environment. Such a
meeting center and publications permit a broader public participation,
and one stemming from a presence not related to individual people but
rather an institutional presence which favors and solves a good part of
the work.
If we talk of a minimal rooted structure of the
neighborhood type, this means a group which has developed until it has
achieved distinct levels of members (i.e. Councils of Group Delegates
each oriented by a Team Delegate) and distinct instances (i.e. some
Group Delegates orienting their own groups); it possesses nuclei with
differentiated functions (Orientor, Admi, and Support); there will be
many non-member supporters; and it is developing its activities in a
specific neighborhood environment, normally with a meeting center and
periodic publications such as a neighborhood newsletter.
1.0
ORGANIZATION | 2.0
THE MOVEMENT AND THE ORGANIZATIONS | 3.0 GROUP
AND STRUCTURE |
4.0
LEVELS AND STRUCTURES |
5.0 THE
ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE STRUCTURES FORM AND DEVELOP
6.0
SYNCHRONIZATION OF ACTIVITIES | 7.0
CIRCULATION OF INFORMATION |
8.0
THE ORIENTOR, THE FUNCTIONS, AND THE INSTRUMENTS
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SUMMARY
We invite everyone to
participate with us in putting into practice the moral principle that
says: "Treat others as you would like
to be treated."
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