[CCWG-ACCT] The Board's take on the Mission Statement
Burr, Becky
Becky.Burr at neustar.biz
Fri Dec 18 15:26:36 UTC 2015
None of this matter particularly. The substantive issues are far more
important than fussing with labels - unless the fussing is an attempt to
undermine the limits on ICANN¹s remit - wether it is called ³mission² or
³scope"
J. Beckwith Burr
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On 12/18/15, 5:48 AM, "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au>
wrote:
>Hello Kavouss,
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>>> Never ever at any organisation the " Mission 2 is replaced by" Scope
>>>of responsibility" they are entirely two different things
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>The mission is not being replaced by a Scope of Responsibility.
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>The Board is actually using a standard definition of mission.
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>From:
>https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki
>_Mission-5Fstatement&d=CwIGaQ&c=MOptNlVtIETeDALC_lULrw&r=62cJFOifzm6X_GRla
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>=NGcNwew3b3C2Cm4jR6e8Nu-CuKMulTyRSP27wPAbbQQ&e=
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>³A mission statement is a statement which is used as a way of
>communicating the purpose of the organization. Although most of the time
>it will remain the same for a long period of time, it is not uncommon for
>organizations to update their mission statement and generally happens
>when an organization evolves. Mission statements are normally short and
>simple statements which outline what the organization's purpose is and
>are related to the specific sector an organization operates in.²
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>The CCWG draft mission does not meet that standard.
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>The Board¹s suggested mission statement does meet that standard.
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>That is why we have extracted the Scope of Responsibilities that
>defines ICANN¹s current scope within the broader longer term mission.
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>The Scope of Responsibilities are still fundamental bylaws that cannot be
>changed without community approval.
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>We have no objection to appropriate language in our bylaws that set out
>the rules of the organization. A mission though should be short and
>simple.
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>Regards,
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>Bruce Tonkin
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