Action Circle Charter — Working Template
Circle name: __________________________ Review date: ______________
1. Purpose
Our Circle protects persons, preserves accessible knowledge and builds practical community resilience. It uses lawful, nonviolent methods. Membership never requires religious agreement, worship or allegiance to a founder.
2. Equal standing
No permanent rank or secret rank. Facilitation, recording, safety and finances are distinct time-limited responsibilities. All members may question leadership, inspect published decisions and disagree without retaliation.
3. Consent and right to exit
Participation is voluntary. Members may leave freely, recover their own contributions where practicable and request correction or deletion of unnecessary personal records.
4. Meetings and decisions
Publish a plain agenda before each meeting. State the decision method, quorum and how objections or minority positions are recorded. No hidden consequential decisions. Give affected people a fair chance to be heard.
5. Money and conflicts
Maintain an accessible expense ledger, independent review of spending and a process for disclosing conflicts of interest. Do not promise tax deductibility or fundraising privileges without appropriate legal status.
6. Safety and privacy
No targeting, intimidation, harassment, sabotage or violence. Do not collect personal data without a narrow purpose and consent. Public materials must not reveal vulnerable residents or confidential case files.
7. Evidence and repair
Keep source citations and corrections. Anyone may challenge a decision, request reasons, seek review by other members and propose repair. The Circle may suspend unsafe work.
8. Deliverable and exit test
Each project names one tangible output, deadline, responsible roles, and criteria to finish, redesign or stop. The Circle does not exist merely to recruit or perpetuate itself.
Agreed decision process: _______________________________________
Role rotation interval: __________ Ledger location: __________
Grievance reviewer: __________ Next review date: __________