[Chapter-delegates] Proposal to revise ISOC's mission statement

[Gonzalo Camarillo]

Hi,

in my initial email, which started this thread, I discussed the
process we were following to gather feedback on the proposal to revise
ISOC's mission statement. The iterative process we used resulted in
the involvement of the board, emeriti trustees, staff, and the
community at large. We want to thank all of you for all the
constructive comments and suggestions. We have updated the proposed
mission statement in order to address all that feedback.

We just concluded a meeting of the Internet Society Board of Trustees
in Singapore.  As part of that meeting, the ISOC board approved the
new mission statement. The agreed-upon text is our best effort at
incorporating the dialogue that we have had with all parts of our
community. You can find the result on our new web page:

https://www.internetsociety.org/mission/

Obviously not every single piece of feedback has made it explicitly
into the final version of the mission statement. Nevertheless, the
board has processed all the comments received and will be taking them
into account when working on strategies, targets, and action plans for
ISOC.

As I noted in my initial email, in addition to resulting in the final
revised mission statement, the whole process has been useful in
itself. The process has helped both the board get a better
understanding of ISOC's purpose and the community to get a healthy
sense of ownership.

In our meeting in Singapore the Board also approved ISOC's 2018 Action
Plan:

https://www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/2018/

This plan provides the foundation for the work of the organization
both next year and in the years that follow. Our statement at the end
of the board meeting, where we also recognized the success of this
eventful 25th year for the organization, is at:

https://www.internetsociety.org/news/statements/2017/internet-society-board-updated-mission-and-2018-action-plan/

Cheers,

Gonzalo