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CHANGE POLITICS MOVEMENT:

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I. PROPOSED ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

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A. NATIONAL COUNCIL

1. The Change Politics Movement (CPM) shall have a National Council composed the following members:
   1. Five (5) representatives, with no gender exceeding three (3) elected at large by all members and
   2. Eight (8) representatives selected by the regional coordinators among themselves, except for Mindanao (within each island region) – 1 from NCR, 2 from Luzon, 2 from Visayas and 3 from Mindanao (1 Christian, 1 Moslem, 1 Lumad)
2. The National Council shall decide on matters pertaining to the major direction of the movement, definition of major strategies, and other matters that have not yet been decided upon by the general membership.
3. The National Council may choose to appoint a spokesperson for CPM. S/he may or may not be a member of the National Council.

B. REGIONAL COORDINATORS

1. Once a region has established at least three (3) provinces with duly recognized provincial councils, a regional coordinator shall be chosen by the provincial coordinators among themselves. Prior to fulfilling this requirement, an interim regional coordinator shall be chosen by either the existing regional members or regional leadership structure of CPM in that particular region.
2. The regional coordinator shall actively search and recruit for potential provincial coordinators in provinces where there are no provincial coordinators yet.
3. The regional coordinator shall also be in charge of coordinating with the provincial coordinators for inter-provincial and regional activities.
4. From time to time, the national secretariat may request assistance from the regional coordinator in communicating with the provincial coordinators.

C. PROVINCIAL COUNCIL / Provincial Coordinator

1. An interim provincial coordinator will be identified by the regional coordinator (or in the absence of a regional coordinator, by the national council) for provinces without a provincial coordinator.
2. Once a province has established at least five municipal chapters, a provincial council shall be formed composed of all the municipal coordinators.
3. The provincial council shall select a provincial coordinator. The provincial coordinator may or may not be a municipal coordinator.
4. The responsibilities of the Provincial Council are as follows:
   1. Plan for effective recruitment, monitoring of membership expansion, and management of provincial membership database in coordination with the national secretariat.
   2. Facilitate the members’ assessment of Change Politics candidates by organizing candidates’ forums and other similar activities.
   3. Lead the provincial CPM in the selection and support for local candidates
   4. Implement the national CPM campaign within the province
5. The provincial coordinator is expected to lead and coordinate the efforts of the provincial council. The provincial coordinator shall also be the main contact person of the national secretariat in the province. Confirmation of new members within a province shall also be the responsibility of the provincial coordinator.

D. MUNICIPAL CHAPTER / Municipal Coordinator

1. Once a municipality reaches at least 50 members with presence in at least 5 barangays, they shall form a municipal chapter.
2. A municipal coordinator will be elected by the members from among themselves.
3. The municipal chapter may organize barangay clusters as they deem fit.
4. The responsibilities of municipal chapters are as follows:
   1. Implement provincial plans for recruitment within the municipality.
   2. Conduct open and meaningful forums and discussions that will help members select and support candidates
   3. Actively campaign for change politics candidates and implement the national CPM campaign within their municipality

E. CITIES

1. Independent cities will have the same status as provinces
2. Component cities will have the same status as municipalities

F. PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

1. Organized groups (such as people’s organizations, NGOs, etc.) may become a partner organizations.
2. While no rights are given to partner organizations at this point, arrangements could be made between the national secretariat, provincial convenors or municipal chapters and the partner organization to better coordinate recruitment and campaign efforts among members of the organization in support of CPM.

G. INTERIM ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

1. The Interim National Convenors will be composed of Dinky Soliman, Ging Deles, Dodo Macasaet, Cezar Belangel, Patrick Lim, Soc Banzuela, Jane Austria, Jing Karaos and Oman Jiao.
2. The interim national convenors shall help identify interim regional coordinators for the regions in which a person has yet to take the lead in coordinating change politics at the regional level.
3. Interim regional coordinators shall in turn help identify interim provincial coordinators for provinces in which a person has yet to take the lead in organizing and expanding change politics within the province.

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II. COMMUNICATIONS AND CONNECTIVITY

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A. Methods of Communication

1. Text messages – regular updates will be sent to all members and/or all provincial and regional coordinators by the national secretariat via text message. Provincial coordinators will also be requested to text short updates by the national secretariat once in a while.Each province/independent city should also work out a communication system by text among their members.
2. E-groups and e-mail – several e-groups have been set-up to facilitate communication within the movement
   1. National : changepolitics@yahoogroups.com
   2. Luzon : cpmLUZ@yahoogroups.com
   3. Visayas : cpmVIS@yahoogroups.com
   4. Mindanao : cpmMIN@yahoogroups.com
3. Website – while still under development, the change politics website plans to have the following features:
   1. Membership log-in Registration – so that parts of the site can only be accessed by registered members
   2. Membership Forum – a space where members could have their discussion on various issues and candidates. It is possible for each province to have their own page and/or forum
   3. Online Membership Database – having the membership database online will facilitate easier monitoring and updating of the database by both the provincial coordinators and the national secretariat