Directory listings & local directory
The Referents
Numbering three, for the same reasons as those cited for the coordinators, the referents are contacted directly by members or, in some cases, by referents from another cell who submit a request to them. They maintain an up-to-date register, called a directory, which contains information about members (name, first name, address, phone number, email, skills and various talents, material resources, etc., that could provide assistance to the network). This directory exists in 3 copies, one held by each of the referents, and it is regularly synchronized. For confidentiality and sustainability reasons, the directory must also exist in paper form and never leaves the cell. Only the referents know its contents. The referents personally know their counterparts in neighboring cells. Where necessary, they take steps to get to know them.