CHARTER

Statement of Purpose

The Geelong Community Forum is a community based initiative which draws together concerned people sharing a vision of an environmentally sustainable and equitable future for our region. The Forum exists to facilitate, empower, resource and link, existing and future groups and concerned individuals within the Geelong community - a network of networks - acknowledging and supporting community diversity.

Political Independence

A community's right to self determination is the key to the fundamental economic, political and social changes necessary to realise a sustainable future. The Geelong Community Forum is and will remain a financially and ideologically independent non-party political organisation.

Participatory Democracy

The Geelong Community Forum is committed to proactive participatory democracy and grass roots decision making at all levels of politics. The role of the Forum is not to direct or replace, but to enhance other community organisations established around specific environmental, social or cultural issues.

Opposition to Discriminatory Practices

The Geelong Community Forum opposes all forms of discrimination. The Forum rejects the anti-people ideology of economic rationalism.