Hi Charles, > Overall I think the new mission statement is quite good. Thanks! > Rather than add more specific examples to the existing set of > highlighted activities, how about adding something in the mission > statement about implementation and application in addition to the > development of open standards. This would leave it to the IETF > community to decide on methods to achieve this, e.g. more emphasis > on running code, reference implementations, protocol validation, > workshops on enabling new standards and functionality, etc. Good point! In fact, ISOC is *already* supporting the implementation and deployment of some technologies. I agree we should not be only talking about development. I will discuss with the board how to address this comment. Thanks! Cheers, Gonzalo