By Margo Kingston ,
11 September, 2013
On election night at the Wangaratta Arts Centre, a movement leader, Susan Benedyka read out a the Voice4Indi movements vision statement of 6 September 2012. No wonder Orange Indi took the roof off a year later.
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Vision for Indi
* An active 21st century democracy based on civic engagement, respect and ideas
* An electorate with a range of strong and competitive candidates
* Leadership with vision that truly represents, and deliver for, the people of Indi
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Overarching statement of success
The Independent 4 Indi committee implements a process of civic engagement in Indi which leads to effective, positive and committed representation from our Federal MP. I4I will be a financially strong organisation, employing a campaign manager and having a group of engaged volunteers. Our candidate will attract high levels of support from the local community through expanding involvement by the I4I committee, which will be demonstrated by voting at the next election. A wide cross section of the community will be represented on the committee and in the campaign, and be genuinely engaged in working for the community of our community in Indi.[/dropshadowbox] [dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”650px” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]
Indicators of success
* The people of Indi are recognised for their progressive and interesting ideas, and for transforming these into action (rather than Indi being perceived as being the ‘personality’ of the sitting member)
* Indi is known nationally for the way its citizens engage and for their enthusiasm for new ideas to build their community
* Indi becomes a case study for ‘grass roots’ community engagement
* Indi is recognised for its innovation in connecting its citizens
* Indi has a respected independent candidate who improves public discourse across the electorate and who attracts wide support from voters at the 2013 election
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