New local movement – Values and Process – John Hatton call for action
Posted by reformwcc on January 27, 2010
John Hatton has called for committed people to organize a public meeting in Wollongong on Thursday week (4 February) as part of a new movement to be based on values and process.
Outlining his vision at a public lecture at Wollongong University on Wednesday 27 January John Hatton listed key topics for determination at the meeting to include:
- What processes can we put in place to empower our communities?
- Where do we go from here?
- What do we do about corruption?
- How do we de-centralise?
- How do we change the face of the city?
The answer to these question must come from people in our communities – and the Wollongong public meeting on Thursday 4 February is the place to make the start on this task.
John Hatton said the meeting should not be organized by any existing group but be genuinely independent from the outset.
He explained how what is happening in our communities as a failure of process.
There is a need for a new community based movement which is inclusive of all parts of our communities; is founded on integrity and respect; and which genuinely empowers our communities in governmental decision-making processes.
Time and venue to be advised via the media.
Meanwhile, google up a term used by John Hatton “communitarianism”
