The difference rights and responsibilities that people within RMMAN hold can be expressed as a graph. One’s commitment to the organization is represented by the Y-axis (up and down) with their influence (or power to make change in the organization) growing as we move right across the X-axis.
Here we see a low commitment and low influence position is a supporter. A supporter’s commitment grows through donating money. At some point a supporter might sign up to offer aid and become a passive helper, or someone waiting around for an Organizer to match them with someone who needs help.
An active helper is someone who might volunteer to do more active work within RMMAN but not go through the onboarding process to become an Organizer. Their commitment is greater but their influence is limited.
Alumni are people who were Organizers but have stepped away, thus limiting their commitment but still retaining incluence.