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Hi, Caryl<br>
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In the January 2017 meeting, the SLOBS approved the following
motion:<br>
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motion: "Sugar is a learning platform based on the constructionist
educational principles of Jean Piaget, Seymour Papert, Cynthia
Solomon, and Alan Kay. Sugar Labs is responsible to develop,
distribute, and support Sugar with the help of a global volunteer
community of contributors. Sugar Labs provides Sugar in two forms:
Sugar for personal computers and XOs and Sugarizer (Sugar Mobile)
for mobile devices and the Web."<br>
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This seems to satisfy the definition of a mission statement.<br>
<br>
Tony<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/22/2017 01:12 AM, Caryl Bigenho
wrote:<br>
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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
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 111, 201);"></span><span style=""><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 style=""><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 style=""><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 style=""><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
moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.sugarlabs.org/"
id="LPlnk197651" previewremoved="true"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.sugarlabs.org/">https://www.sugarlabs.org/</a></a>)</span><br>
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<span style=""><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 style="text-decoration:underline;
background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Definition:</b></span><span
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<span style="">A </span><span style=""><b>mission statement</b></span><span
style=""> is a short
</span><span style=""><b>statement</b></span><span style="">
of </span><span style="text-decoration:underline">an
organization's purpose</span><span style="">, identifying
</span><span style="text-decoration:underline">the scope of
its operations</span><span style="">:
</span><span style="text-decoration:underline">what kind of
product or service it provides</span><span style="">, its
</span><span style="text-decoration:underline">primary
customers or market</span><span style="">, and its
</span><span style="text-decoration:underline">geographical
region of operation</span><span style="">. ... The purpose
of a
</span><span style=""><b>mission statement</b></span><span
style=""> 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>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Helvetica;
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font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height:
normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<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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<i><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt;"><br>
</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>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,
111, 201);">G</span><span style="font-family: Arial;
font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 111, 201);">lobal</span><br>
</li>
<li><span style="color: rgb(0, 111, 201);">kind of product or
service or service</span><span style="font-family: Arial;
font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 111, 201);">...
</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">check!</span>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 111, 201);">
L</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;
font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 111, 201);">earning tools
distributed freely</span><br>
</li>
<li><span style="color: rgb(0, 111, 201);">primary customers
or market...</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">
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>
</li>
<li><span style="color: rgb(0, 111, 201);">geographical
region...</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">
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>
</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,
111, 201);">G</span><span style="font-family: Arial;
font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 111, 201);">lob</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 111, 201);">al</span></span></li>
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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>_____________________________________________________________________________________________</b></p>
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<b>The 2017 Mission Statement for Sugar Labs shall be as
follows:</b></p>
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rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<i style="font-size: 12.7273px;"><span style="font-stretch:
normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family:
Arial; font-kerning: none; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">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><br>
</p>
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0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps:
normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color:
rgb(0, 0, 0);">
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none; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">_____________________________________________________________________________________________</b><br>
</span></i></p>
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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 style=""><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 style="">* “The Free </span><span style=""><b>Software
Foundation</b></span><span style=""> (FSF) is a nonprofit
with a worldwide
</span><span style=""><b>mission</b></span><span style=""> to
promote computer user
</span><span style=""><b>freedom</b></span><span style="">. We
defend the rights of all
</span><span style=""><b>software</b></span><span style="">
users.”</span></p>
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<span style=""><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 style=""><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 globally.”</span></p>
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<span style=""><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 style="">* “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 style=""><b>* Facebook’s Mission Statement</b></span></p>
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<span style="">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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<span style="">Empowering people</span> </li>
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<span style="">Enabling sharing</span> </li>
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<span style="">Connecting the world</span> </li>
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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 style="">* 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 style="">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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<span style="">Cheers!</span></p>
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<span style="">Caryl</span></p>
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