I'm honored also, however, now that BDad pulled it back to a more serious point.
Yes this requires the blessings of the clubs, hence, the term throughout "alliance club member". Additionally, yes it requires the DOC's. In the low country, as probably was the case in CESA, it was the DOC's that began the push to get it done. Once the DOC's thought they had something that would work, others were brought in to assist with the "implementation planning". It was the implementation planning that really brought this to fruition.
My general note appears to have been missed, go back and take a look at it. We can talk about that one more later.