True to their name the Massachusetts Forward Party appears to be moving, well, forward.

Party members met for their first official Convention in Waltham on Sunday, hosted by former Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey, to elect officers, approve party bylaws, and begin the process of crafting a state party platform.

According to newly-elected state Forward Party Chair Spencer Kimball, about 100 people attended the meeting where he was “honored” with selection to his new position after being with the nascent political party almost since its inception.

“The big thing that Forward is trying to do — and it sounds simple, and maybe a bit obtuse, but it’s true — we’re trying to fix our politics. And our politics is broken in America,” the Medford resident told the Herald.

Also elected on Sunday was former 9th Middlesex House District candidate Sean Diamond, of Waltham, who will serve as the party’s vice-chair. Keoni Aricayos, Amherst; Cole Nardone, Acton; Max Asker, Quincy; and Mark Warner, a former mayoral candidate from Northampton, were each elected as At-Large Executive Committee members.

The Forward Party isn’t yet an official party in the Bay State — they received their status as a political designation just last year — but Kimball says they hope to have achieved party status within the next three-and-a-half years.

“It’s a lofty goal, to be sure,” he told the Herald.

In the meantime, he said, the party is looking for “capital ‘G’ capital ‘P’ good people” to seek political office under the Forward banner.

“We’re looking for people more interested in serving their communities than their party,” he said.

The end goal, he said, is to provide people in Massachusetts with a viable alternative to the one-party system currently holding the reins of power.

“When you go to vote and you know no matter what you vote the balance of power is ‘one party gets to pick everything,’ that’s not a choice,” he said.