In acknowledgement of and respect for the volunteer basis of most councils and other partners, and the varying resources available to these groups, the CRDD has developed a flexible accordion style service provision model that can expand and contract based on the interests, needs and resources of particular councils. The service provision model chosen by a council can range from a single simple element of the suggested model (e.g. maintain an informative website that is set up for the council by CRDD-SHAC) to multiple and potentially all of the proposed elements.  

CRD Councils are also free to choose alternative approaches that support achieving the overall mission and vision of the official community relations and development system  

The elements of the proposed flexible/accordion style service provision model includes the following (each item is an active link):

• General Meet, Greet and Discuss 
• Expedited Community Review
• Information Management System (Web Site)
• Events Management
• Supporting the local Issues Management Process
• Group Relations Management
• Social/Community Crisis Management

Each CRD-Council is encouraged to work with representatives of the CRDD-SCHAC to identify what components of the service provision model they wish to include within their particular service provision model. The CRDD-SHAC will provide support for the execution of the various suggested elements of the service provision model (e.g. provide a web site, template, easy-to-use web site editor and guidelines for establishing and managing a CRD-Council website)