What Are Assemblies?

At simplest, an assembly is a group of people who have committed to do stuff together. All of these assemblies follow the same process.

Harmony: a federation of assemblies Anyone can participate in our assemblies, whether a member of the party or not. But only members can vote. Our assemblies allow people to bring together ideas - and make them happen... whether that's by mutual aid, activism, or organising to win elections. Together, a variety of autonomous assemblies form a federation: that federation is the Harmony Party.

In most cases, as the infographic above says, most people can participate in most of our assemblies. But a few only allow people who meet certain requirements to join - like the Youth Assembly, which is for 18-30 year olds only (because it's the youth assembly!). We also have plans to facilitate the creation of "allied assemblies" - for people looking to support communities to which they don't directly belong.

Geographical assemblies are the most numerous variety, and they fit within each other, smallest to largest - constituency, city, and regional. Geographical assemblies carry out Selection and form consensus for anything impacting their regions.

These different assemblies all follow the same basic principle for making decisions: seek consensus first, and if you can't, try harder, and if you still can't... vote! We use a special system of balloting for our votes, called a STAR ballot.

How do assemblies make decisions? For simple tasks - just a quick chat suffices. We know what we want and then we set about it! If there's a lot of nuance or complexity, then we organise a structured discussion or series of them to iron out all the parts. If we can't obtain consensus, then we vote!

Our Operational Assemblies

Assembly	Remits	Secretary Elected?
the Committee for Resolutions	discipline, rules, regulations	no
the Operational Working Group	rules, regulations, processes, communications, supporting the executive work of the Secretarial Committee	yes: David Hollas
the Financial Working Group	Party financial oversight; accounts; Treasurer oversight & logistical support	no
the Foundational Committee	supporting the formation of new Assemblies & evaluating where new Assemblies may be advantageous for the Party	no
the Society for Presentation of Policy	deciding strategy & "marketing" for policy	no
the Media Working Group	creating media for internal & external usages; determining tactics for media operations; press relations	no
the Research Working Group	data collection & collation of all kinds for other Assemblies and the Party	no
the Society for Constructive Activism	syndicalism, education, mutual aid, protest, petitions etc	no
the Policy Societies Committee	coordination & support of the Policy Societies (which should also be considered core assemblies, but are too numerous to include!)	no
the Constituency Societies Committee	presenting the geographic concerns of the Party; coordination of the Constituency Societies collectively	no

Anyone can run to be a Secretary either during a declared race, or if the position is already vacant. Applications can be made here.