Page History

< Back to "Local Chapter Guide"

The ECG movement has an extensive support network of Local Chapters. Each Local Chapter has its own coordinators. Beyond that we have a Local Chapter Support Team (contact information) which answers questions and supports the Local Chapter Coordinators. All Local Chapter Coordinators are asked to abide by the ECG Code of Conduct. The ECG Community Manager (gus.hagelberg@ecogood.org) and International Reception (international@ecogood.org) coordinate local chapter support internationally.

Local Chapter Coordinators

Each Local Chapter has two coordinators, who are chosen by chapter members and should maintain this role for at least one year. They act as reliable contacts for all ECG activities in the area and work to encourage synergies and partnerships with other ECG Local Chapters, your ECG Association, local businesses and local politicians.

Tasks for Local Chapter Coordinators

• Focus on effective and sustainable activities
• Working to strengthen and further develop your Local Chapter ("First Steps")
• Organize and facilitate chapter meetings
• Facilitate the decision-making process within the group
• Communication with the Local Chapter Support Team person in your region or country
• Onboarding new members

Local Chapter Support Team

The Local Chapter Support Team is designed to support Local Chapter Coordinators in their respective regions with ECG activities. The team serves as a link to ECG regional associations (legal bodies). For the German-speaking countries of Germany, Austria and Switzerland we have an addition group called the Local Chapter Support Team DACH.

Members of the Local Chapter Support Team

carry out the task for at least one year

, at the end of

which they find a successor and and pass

on the necessary knowledge.

It is planned that the LC and the association of a region name two people for this task in the respective regions (main person and representation). At the moment it is being made more pragmatic.

Assignments

• support and networking of local chapters in a given geographical area
• Linking of the local chapters with their responsible association and with hubs
• Support for regional local chapter coordinators (for enquiries)
• regular contact with the RG coordinators
• Supporting International Reception in the foundation of new local chapters
• Regular personal contact with the active participants (by telephone when the occasion arises, in exceptional cases visits on site)
• Regular contact with the regional local chapter coordinators (at least 3 meetings per year - in person or via Skype)
• Regular contact with the other supraregional local chapter coordinators and the ICT (goal: meeting 3x per year via Skype, 1x per year participation in a personal meeting during the ECG summer week)
• Promotion of the flow of information between local chapters and the rest of the movement
• digital networking > promoting the exchange of examples, experiences etc. via internal platforms (Wiki, OwnCloud)

List of regions and regional local chapter coordinators

see German version

International Coordination

Wozu?

• Aufbau und Entwicklung von regionalen Strukturen als Fundament der Bewegung
• Diese Aufgaben beinhalten die Aufgaben des bisherigen International Expansion Team (IET)

Wer?

• 2 Personen auf internationaler Ebene (1 im Internationalen Koordinationsteam + 1 Angestellte*r)
• mit langjähriger, positiver Erfahrung in der Arbeit in Energiefeldern
• zuständige*r IKT-Vertreter*in wird von der Delegiertenversammlung gewählt

Was?

• Definition des An- und Aberkennungsprozesses sowie der Rechte und Pflichten für Energiefelder (> Beschlussfassung durch DV)

• Durchführung des An- oder Aberkennungsprozesses für Energiefelder

• Organisation der Nahtstellen zwischen Energiefeldern und Kommunikations- und Entscheidungsstrukturen

• Organisation der Nahtstellen zwischen Energiefeldern und rechtlichen Strukturen

• Unterstützung der Energiefelder bei der Umsetzung ihrer Rechte

• Einforderung der Einhaltung der Pflichten von Energiefeldern

• Verfassen und Aktuell-Halten von unterstützenden Unterlagen für Energiefelder (z.B. Leitfäden)

• regelmäßige Kommunikation mit Energiefeldern (aktiv und auf Anfrage)

• Organisation von Vernetzungsveranstaltungen (Vernetzungstreffen, Sommerwoche)

• Unterstützung des Aufbaus von Strukturen in neuen Ländern (International Expansion)

• Onboarding von Aktiven in Energiefelder

• Organisation und Koordination einer überregionalen Energiefeld-Koordination (als Zwischenebene, in Kooperation mit den zuständigen GWÖ-Vereinen)

• inhaltliche Verantwortung für die Bereiche „Community“ und „Aktiv werden“ auf der GWÖ-Website

• konzeptionelle und strategische Weiterentwicklung der Energiefelder auf Basis der Rückmeldungen aus der Bewegung

• Vertretung der Energiefeld-Perspektive im Internationalen Koordinationsteam

Wie?

• Kommunikation, Organisation, Schaffung von Räumen
• bestmögliches Leben der Werte der GWÖ (=> Authentizität)
• Einhaltung von Umgangskodex und Regelwerk

Wo?

• weltweit
• Schwerpunkt derzeit auf deutschsprachigen Ländern

Wie lange?

What we do

• We support the Local Chapters (in organizational and content-related matters).

• Our main contact persons are the coordinators of a Local Chapter.

• We inform, moderate, coordinate, network and promote, and help define and secure standards.

• We are a link between the Local Chapters and the responsible association.

• We are legitimized by the Local Chapters (incl. active members) and accepted by the associations in our respective region.

• We try to identify and serve the needs of our Local Chapters ourselves or through other ECG organizational units.

Common tasks

• Support and networking of the Local Chapters in a specific geographical area
• Support in setting up a onboarding
• Regular contact with the Local Chapters coordinators (e.g. via networking meetings), and with activists on an ad hoc basis.
• Promotion of the information flow between Local Chapters, associations and hubs

• Promotion of knowledge and competences (further education, tutorials, etc.)

• Promoting the exchange of good practices, experiences e.g. via IT tools (Wiki, Nextcloud)

• Raising awareness for the rights and duties of Local Chapters (participation in delegates assembly, annual reports)

• Confirmation and veto power regarding the foundation of new Local Chapters, as well as reorganization of existing local chapters

• Co-defining and ensuring standards (e.g. process for founding local chapters, raising awareness for Code of Conduct)

• Provide information to the assigned members of a Local Chapters with regard to SmartWe, and/or make adjustments

• Regularly legitimize the roles of the members of the Local Chapter Support Team

Anchor
lcsupportmem lcsupportmem

Contact addresses for Local Chapter Support Team

Local Chapter Support Team - International: lc-support-intl@list.ecogood.org 

Local Chapter Support Team - DACH (German-speaking countries):  lc-support-dach@list.ecogood.org