On the other hand, an EC for a large city may find that even his assistants need assistants and that sometimes it is necessary to set up a special sub-organization to handle it. There is no specific point at which organization ceases and operation commences. Both phases must be concurrent because a living organization is a changing one, and the operations of a changing organization must change with the organization. We have discussed how a typical ARES unit may be organized. Just what shape the plan in your locality will take depends on what your EC has to work with.
Flexibility is the keynote.
In any case, bear in mind that organizing and planning are not a one-person task. The EC is simply the leader, or, as the title indicates, the coordinator. Make yourself available to your EC as a member of his planning committee, or in any capacity for which you think you are qualified. Your EC should know where your particular interests lie, so that you can be worked in where your special talents will do the most good. It is not always possible to use the services of all ARES members.