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Aim[]

These statements of purpose are designed to be used by geek women groups to explain their purpose to members and non-members. They are designed to be taken and adapted by individual groups for their own purposes.

Rationale[]

Geek women communities focused on promoting, supporting and defending women's participation in geek circles and geek activities often find that their purpose is subverted in various ways, from deliberate anti-feminist trolls and attacks to shifts in the group's activities from the original role to being, for example, a place for geek men to solicit relationships or seek emotional support from the women members.

A statement of purpose for the group can help with creating a community to fufill your goals by clearly stating them from the outset. It is much harder to re-purpose a community after it already has members who are, for example, both friends with the community and soliciting emotional support and relationship!

Sample statements of purpose[]

Please remember that these statements of purpose are samples only: not requirements on your group. We strongly encourage you to adapt them for your own needs.