I was thinking about this question last night after a dicussion that I had with Julian at the end of the day. It dawned on me that we don’t have a flagship group. We don’t believe in flagship groups.

We can give people examples of different things Local Groups are doing and are good at, but the point of the Relocalization Network is that there is no one right answer, no one exemplary group, because there are no definite answers to the challenges that we face as a global community. What works for one Local Group will not work for another Local Group. That being said there are a lot of things that will work for many groups, probably with a few small modifications. I could point to a Local Group that has well documented their activities to date (Relocalisation Works in the Burnett Inland ) or to a group that has successfully built their membership (Boulder Valley Relocalization) or to a group that has done some good assessments of their community needs (Willits Economic Localization) or a group that is working toward community-owned small-scale energy solutions (Addison County Relocalization Network) or a group that is doing good education and outreach (Livability Project) or a couple of groups that have done some good regional networking (in the Bay Area) or a potential group that has developed a Relocalization WIKI.

But we don't have a flagship group. We have 115+ Groups that are all working towards the same goals, but by different routes and, hopefully, sharing as many skills and tools along the way.