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Overview and History
The Leitungskreis ("leadership circle") is made up of eleven persons. The ARSP employee who is responsible for the Sommerlager (work camp) program and the yearly meetings also takes part in the meetings of the Leitungkreis. The members of the Leitungkreis offer ARSP their experience from participating in the work camps. Some of them were also long-term volunteers of ARSP which is an enrichment for the program here; it shows how long-term and short-term volunteers complement each other.
History
The name "Leitingskreis" can be explained by looking at the history of Action Reconciliation Service for Peace than the work done today.
The Leitingskreis advised and supported the leadership of Action Reconciliation in East Germany. When the members meet for the first time in 1962 under the name of Leiterkreis (leadership circle) they were surely not aware which different types of experiences Action Reconciliation and the Leitungskreis would have.
The Leitungskreis had a discussion to change its name in November 1998. Some members wanted a new name because the old name was not easy to decipher. Other pointed to the long tradition of this name. The discussion ended with a decision to modify the name to Leitungskreis Sommerlager + Jahrestreffen (Leadership circle work camps + yearly meetings)
The members of the Leitungskreis were voted into office until January 2001 at the yearly meetings. The members of the Leitungskreis are now chosen by the Liebethaler Model. In this way experts can be in close contact with the Leitungskreis due to the possible various periods of service and on the other hand due to the fact new impulses from outside can come in.
