In a car sharing network, members pay for a set of keys that opens lockers all throughout cities that have car keys in them. The member can then take the car nearest to them and drive it wherever they want to in the city. In Europe, the European Car Sharing Network has over 100,000 members in over 230 cities. Decision Making Power, Influence and Leadership are all basic ingredients needed to start and grow a great community. Power is the potential to affect the course of events in communities.
Influence is the actual capability of swaying the course of specific actions.
Individuals can be powerful, influential, and a leader, but they do not necessarily have to be all three. There are two basic models of community power. Elitism and Pluralism. Elitism means that power and influence are strongly centralized. Power resides in the hands of a single individual or just a few people.