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Generic Charter Worksheet

• Charter Worksheets

Purpose of the Forum

Complete the following statement: The purpose of the Greater Chicagoland Issues Forum is:

• to enhance constructive communication and build collaboration between neighborhood residents, elected city officials, and other interested parties, to build stronger communities in the Chicago area

Goals

The Goals of Greater Chicago Issues Forum are:

• Provide an open forum for all Chicago neighborhood residents to discuss key issues and share information
• Enhance elected leaders' ability to interact with residents in order to facilitate delivery of services
• Enable access to unique online and offline resources to assist residents and legislators in collaborating towards building stronger Chicago neighborhoods
• (Insert Goal #4)
• (Add or subtract the number of goals as you see fit)

Typical Topics

Topics that you might find here to discuss include:

• (Insert Typical Topic #1)
• (Insert Typical Topic #2)
• (Insert Typical Topic #3)
• (Insert Typical Topic #4)
• (Add or subtract the number of Typical Topic as you see fit)

Rules

The full text of rules governing E-Democracy.Org forums can be found here: http://e-democracy.org/rules/. However, your groups should pick out a few rules that you would like to highlight on your charter page.

Highlighted Rules:

• Anyone of any political affiliation may join, but our conversations are non-partisan
• We have a "Good Neighbor" policy - we act and treat each other as good neighbors
• Encorsement of specific candidates during elections is not allowed in this forum
• (Add or subtract the number of Typical Topic as you see fit)

Who Runs This Forum

Please, use this section to insert a short description of your steering committee, including references to any organizations that are playing a leading role in organizing the forum.

• (Your description here)