The movement becomes incorporated, obtains recognition as tax-exempt, hires an executive director, forms a board of directors, and becomes part of the establishment. After the original warriors leave, new people take over the organization. Personnel policies and procedure are put in place, insurances are obtained, mortgages are used to finance expansions, board of directors meet occasionally, and early memories are lost. Instead of warriors, the organization is run by soldiers, instead of passion, it is directed by policies and procedures. Before you know it, the cause is compromised and survival of the institution becomes the cause.
Transition can become the death knell of a movement.
It must find a way to continue the core memory. There are levels of history surrounding a movement. Movements must ingrain within its vehicles, whether they are unincorporated associations or unions to multi-level corporate structures, the values upon which they were formed, even to the extent of overcoming support for individuals or annual events identified with them. Organizations must tell its stories over and over to every person who enters it. It must spark the fires of passion in each person so that soldiers become warriors.