Group Prepping

I am excited to explore this subject of group prepping. I've heard people talk about the need of forming groups, yet I haven't found someone else who is trying to do it. My family is working together as a prepping group and we have even used our family system as a model for a church group. Currently our group consists of 8 adults, 2 teenagers, 3 kids and 2 infants. I like a lot of people have read "patriot" by James Wesley Rawles, and their group, is what we used for a starting point. In the book, Rawles talked about a club format with friends who shared a common interest as establishing his group. My group is family. Like the book, We started out by discussing the topic and assigning "jobs" but we did so based on skill and interests. The jobs allow each of us to learn and specialize in an area. Since our group wants to be as prepared as possible as soon as possible, this gives us a great way to learn skills that will benefit the whole group, given enough time before any given disaster the specialist will teach the basics of their specialty to the rest of the group and set goals for the group. Fortunately my family has diverse skills and interests, and we can get along.
Getting along is very important with any group, especially if you have to depend on each other for an extended amount of time. Add to this the stress that comes with a disaster, it's best to reach understandings before there is trouble, and lay down some expectations and rules. This is where our group has run into a little trouble. Each of us in the group has different expectations. Each of us gets along with each other but better with some than others. Clear rules are important.
Recently 2 of my brothers and I were able to work on remodeling my home. It became stressful because there were high expectations, and a firm deadline. We needed to be clear with each other, we had to compromise, we had to have opportunities to unwind, and sometimes we just had to keep our mouths shut. I can honestly say that we didn't argue. I was in charge, and we had clear expectations. But when circumstances change or errors were made, we had to realize that arguing about it or getting upset wasn't going to help us get to our deadline. Not everything got finished before the deadline. So I had to make it work. After evaluating the experience I found that the biggest obstacles were not under our control and I believe I underestimated the time we needed, but not by a lot.
With family, and sibling rivalry you might be curious as to how we overcame the obstacle of "Commander," for us though we made it as simple as possible. The owner of our evacuation location is the Commander. After the disaster the Commander is the person who will deal with the aftermath of hosting the rest of the group. We've discovered that however our group wasn't big enough to cover all of the area's we thought were important to consider. So we have each at least doubled our "specialties."
Some of the specialties that we considered important for our group are Food, Shelter, Sanitation, Medical, Communication, Mechanic/welder, Fitness, Animal Care, Gardening, Child Care, Hunter/Security. They are not in any particular order. We have also assign the teens and children jobs. For instance one of the older children will be the fire master, collecting tinder, and kindling. As well as making sure there is means to put the fire out, and that it stays under control. Giving everyone a job during the emergency is really important for morale and a sense of community.
Hope this is a helpful start for your group prepping