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