package MyCGIApp;
use CGI::Application::ValidateRM;
use strict;
use vars qw( $VERSION);
$VERSION     = 1.00;
use base qw(CGI::Application);


sub cgiapp_init {
   my $self = shift;

  #######################
  package G;
  use Config::General;
  use vars qw( %CF );
  %G::CF = ParseConfig("../mymodules/config.dat");

... more stuff would be here (perhaps connecting to the DB) ...

}  # end MyCGIApp.pm