Tools for each of a network's life stages

**Process**	**Function**	**"Small arrows"**	**Preferred tools**
Creation	Creation of the network's identity	Grouping the arrows of the same colour	General discussion list and dynamic mapping of the network members
Information	Exchanging information between network members	Grouping the arrows pointing in the same direction	Themed discussion lists, forums, news
Transformation	Establishing collective projects	Surfacing of the projects' "big arrows"	Workshops and tools to support projects
Outreach	Interaction with the surroundings	The action of project arrows on other surrounding arrows	Disseminating data on a website (using CMS: dynamic content integration)
Consolidation	Opening and following the dynamic	Permeability (dashes) to new members and conservation of internal dynamics (spiral)	Onboarding, classing information, presence of a history