Here are a couple one page flow charts that may be helpful when seeing how it all fits together. I would print these out, though still need explanations and answers, they give a good albeit brief overview of the big picture.

Ned.com Flowchart V8

Ned Coop Flowchart V5

>>program areas that the members wanted to continue: microfinance, group production, internet4change and children's programs. Does the 4-5 person business unit idea supplant the idea of the community working together in all of those areas, or are we only talking about the group production part so far. In other words, would you have different "business units" when it comes to the childrens programs or internet training?<<

I think all of those areas should definitely be kept going and are a part of Ned Uganda for certain. Now looking at the Coop Flowchart it seems to me that microfinance and group product fall on the right side of the chart, and maybe internet4change, and children's programs falls on the right side of the chart. The left side being revenue generating business units all under the umbrella of the local coop, and the left side being the social services side where members decide important local issues to focus on and are not intended to be revenue generating but financing help comes from overall finances from the revenue generating units on the other side.

>>Would the Gulu community soap project fall under this plan?<<

Absolutely yes.