In order to help them gain the political attention they needed and to organize the Xinkan community legitimately, others members of the community have become involved, and two governing organizations have emerged. The Council of the Xinkan People of Guatemala (COPXIG) was formed and set out to organize Xinkan peoples. Officers were named and a skeleton structure was put into place that was to unite the Xinkan area and the heirs of the Xinkan culture. A local linguist (a Kaqchikel (Mayan) speaker with training in sociolinguistics) has become allied with the movement and has aided the community with the formation of goals and objectives, though his efforts have been limited by the lack of training of the community and the lack of linguistic resources.