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<p>Very nice, Walter! Let's just change the motion to reflect your version.<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Therefore, I propose that the following motion be considered at the
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Walter Bender <walter.bender@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 21, 2017 10:17:33 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Caryl Bigenho<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Samson Goddy; sameer verma; ignacio@sugarlabs.org; Lionel Laské; Adam Holt; Laura Vargas; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; Tony Anderson; José Miguel García<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Motion To Approve 2017 Sugar Labs Mission Statement</font>
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<div><i><span style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-kerning:none"><font color="#212121" face="arial"><span style="font-size:12pt">A bit more
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Sugar Labs is a volunteer-run project whose mission is to reach global learners and educators with </span><span style="font-kerning:none;font-size:12pt">a collection of tools that enable them to explore, discover, create, and reflect. Sugar Labs distributes
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Caryl Bigenho <span dir="ltr">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)">Hello All,</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)">This is long, but it needs to be done…</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)"></span><span><span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)">It’s time to “fish or cut bait” as they say. We need to move on with the Mission Statement and Goals for Sugar Labs. I am submitting a Mission Statement as a motion to be considered for
 approval at the April SLOB meeting. Then, with that in hand, we can move on to settle on
</span><u><span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)">4-5 broad reaching goals</span></u><span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)"> to go with the Mission Statement to be voted on in May or June.  Specific objectives would come after that. </span></span></p>
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<span><span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)">Most of the things people have put on the wiki are neither a mission statement nor are they goals. They are Objectives. But most of them lack the specifics to be considered a true objective. </span></span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)">So… what <u><i>do</i></u> we need in a Mission Statement?</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)"></span><span><span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)">First let’s take a peek at the current one… yes we do have one and I found
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)">it</span><span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)"> sitting right at the beginning of the Sugar Labs website</span> (<a href="https://www.sugarlabs.org/" id="m_-7433218720110510291LPlnk197651" target="_blank">https://www.sugarlabs.org/</a>)</span><br>
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<span><i>At Sugar Labs, we make a collection of tools that learners use to explore, discover, create, and reflect. We are non-profit and led by volunteers. We distribute these tools freely and encourage our users to appropriate them, taking ownership and responsibility
 for their learning.</i></span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)">Not bad for starters! Now let’s take a look at that Wikipedia says about Mission Statements:</span></p>
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<span>A </span><span><b>mission statement</b></span><span> is a short </span><span><b>statement</b></span><span> of
</span><span style="text-decoration:underline">an organization's purpose</span><span>, identifying
</span><span style="text-decoration:underline">the scope of its operations</span><span>:
</span><span style="text-decoration:underline">what kind of product or service it provides</span><span>, its
</span><span style="text-decoration:underline">primary customers or market</span><span>, and its
</span><span style="text-decoration:underline">geographical region of operation</span><span>. ... The purpose of a
</span><span><b>mission statement</b></span><span> is to focus and direct the organization itself.</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)">Here is the Mission Statement I posted last month, based on an excellent document Walter had written about Sugar Labs:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sugar Labs Mission Statement:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(33,33,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i><span style="font-size:12pt">The mission of Sugar Labs is to reach global learners (and educators) with powerful free and open source educational
 tools to help them in engage Constructionist learning.</span></i></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,111,201);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">So, with a minimum of editing, we can combine the two to get this:</span></p>
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<span style="font-kerning:none"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Sugar Labs Mission Statement:</span></b></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;font-kerning:none;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The mission of Sugar Labs
 is to reach global learners and educators with </span><span style="font-kerning:none;font-size:12pt">a collection of tools that enable them to explore, discover, create, and reflect. We are a non-profit and led by volunteers. We distribute these tools freely
 and encourage our users to appropriate them, taking ownership and responsibility for their learning.</span></i></p>
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<span style="font-kerning:none;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,111,201)">O.K. Let's see if that meets the criteria in the definition of a Mission Statement as stated above.</span></p>
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<li><span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)">purpose...</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(255,0,0)">
check!</span> <span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)">The whole statement</span><br>
</li><li><span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)">scope of operations... </span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">check!</span>
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L</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,111,201)">earning tools distributed freely</span><br>
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check!</span> <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,111,201)">
L</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,111,201)">earners and educators</span><br>
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check</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">!</span>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)">Therefore, I propose that the following motion be considered at the April SLOB meeting:</span></p>
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<b>The 2017 Mission Statement for Sugar Labs shall be as follows:</b></p>
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</span><span style="font-kerning:none;font-size:12pt">a collection of tools that enable them to explore, discover, create, and reflect. We are a non-profit and led by volunteers. We distribute these tools freely and encourage our users to appropriate them,
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<span style="color:rgb(0,111,201)">Now, some sample mission statements from a few well known organizations and businesses. You will note that some of the biggest and most successful have very simple, concise mission statements:</span><br>
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<span><b>* “Google's mission statement</b> is “to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.”</span></p>
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<span>* “The Free </span><span><b>Software Foundation</b></span><span> (FSF) is a nonprofit with a worldwide
</span><span><b>mission</b></span><span> to promote computer user </span><span><b>freedom</b></span><span>. We defend the rights of all
</span><span><b>software</b></span><span> users.”</span></p>
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<span><b>* “Oxfam</b> is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. ... Our
<b>mission</b>: To create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice.”</span></p>
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<span><b>* “Mission statement</b>. The <b>mission</b> of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and
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<span><b>* “SIERRA CLUB MISSION STATEMENT</b>: To explore, enjoy and protect the planet. To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and
 human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out those objectives.”</span></p>
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<span>* “We are <b>Doctors Without Borders</b>/Médecins Sans Frontières (<b>MSF</b>). We help people worldwide where the need is greatest, delivering emergency medical aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from health care.”</span></p>
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<span><b>* Facebook’s Mission Statement</b></span></p>
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<span>Facebook’s mission statement is “<b><i>to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.</i></b>” The company focuses on making its social networking web site an important part of individual users’ lives. The following are
 the significant components of Facebook’s mission statement:</span></p>
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<b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:14px"><span style="font-size:12pt">* THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT MOVEMENT</span></b><br>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a global humanitarian network of 80 million people that helps those facing disaster, conflict and health and social problems. It consists of the International Committee of
 the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the 190 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.</span></p>
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<span>* The <b>Mission Statement</b> of <b>Amazon</b>.com: ... The <b>mission</b> and vision of
<b>Amazon</b>.com is: "Our vision is to be earth's most customer-centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online."</span></p>
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<span>What features do all of these mission statements have? They are <u>clear and concise</u>. There is
<u>no ambiguity</u>. There are few if any specifics about history, organization, specific projects, and the like. That is what we need Sugar Labs Mission Statement to be like.</span></p>
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<div><font><font>Walter Bender</font></font><br>
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