Charter/Terms
From Anarchopedia
We are here met for a political object, and discussion involves political terms, many of which may be unfamiliar to those with predominantly technical backgrounds.
For now, here's a quick glossary of political terms. Anyone with the willingness might work to link these to Wiktionary or other good sources.
Glossary
- politics
- "the art of the possible"; how humans organize their communities
- convention
- assembly of individuals who meet to establish a charter or other foundation issues; tends to be very large
- party
- group within a convention who are agreed on a platform and work together to advance it; usually a large fraction of convention members
- caucus
- group within a convention who seek to find a common ground on some issues; often quite small
- platform
- political agenda or plan of action
- plank
- element, section, or clause of a platform
- charter
- foundation document which controls all other documents, rules, and procedures governing a community; sometimes constitution
