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# Setting up a local group

## IT Checklist

* [ ] You have a @protonmail.com email address for your local group (eg. <xr-city@protonmail.com>)
* [ ] Rebels can select your local group when they join XR Belgium on extinctionrebellion.be
* [ ] You have access to the Rebels Manager app, where you can manage your rebels database
* [ ] You have access to Mailtrain, the emailing app, so that you can start sending emailings to your local rebels
* [ ] You have sufficient access rights on the XRB Base to manage a subcategory for your local group
* [ ] You can write files on a dedicated Google Drive folder
* [ ] We have created a Google Calendar for your local group and you can add events

Please get in touch with <it@extinctionrebellion.be> and provide:

* your local group name
* your local group email address
* your username on XRB Base
* a Google account (eg. <xr_city@gmail.com>), for Drive/Calendar purpose