Re: [atlarge-discuss] MISSION STATEMENT draft #3

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Stephen and all stakeholders or other interested parties and members,

  This looks better.  But it would seem to me that instead of a mission
statement this should be a Charter.   ????

Stephen Waters wrote:

> Original credit: Walter Schmidt
> Edits: Stephen Waters
> Referendum idea: Jeffrey A. Williams
>
> > ---
> > VISION
> >
> > To MAINTAIN and advance the interests of all Internet participants
> > through an open, democratic process of innovation, communication, and
> > cooperation that secures the rights of individuals against the forces of
> > tyranny.
> >
> > MISSION STATEMENT
> >
> > The Mission Statement of ORGANIZATION ("IAL"), an independent non-profit
> > organization that draws its membership from individual Internet users at
> > large ("USERS").
> >
> > - To ESTABLISH a voice for all USERS, fostering and maintaining a high
> > standard of integrity, honesty, and consensus in every Internet
> > oversight organization ("IOO"), including those overseeing Internet
> > domain names, numbers, protocols, and others.
> >
> > - To PROMOTE the appropriate functioning of the Internet, and cultivate,
> > and disseminate knowledge and information concerning the duties and
> > responsibilities of IAL members, IOOs, and USERS.
>
> - To PROMOTE the appropriate functioning of the Internet, by cultivating
> and disseminating knowledge and information concerning the duties and
> responsibilities of IAL members, IOOs, and USERS.
>
> (Ed: grammar)
>
> > - To FURNISH information as an open organization, regarding the IOOs,
> > their members, and the IAL, to all IAL members and any interested
> > parties.
> >
> > - To ENCOURAGE, advance, and sustain open communications among and
> > between IAL members, USERS, and the IOOs.
> >
> > - To PROVIDE a mechanism and means for all USERS to have their voices
> > heard in the IOOs, through supporting the election of IOO Board Members
> > by USERS and providing ongoing consultation to IOOs on Internet issues.
>
> - To PROVIDE a mechanism and means for all USERS to have their voices
> heard in the IOOs, through supporting the election of IOO Board Members
> by USERS, advocating IOO reform through ballot initiative and referendum
> by USERS, and providing ongoing consultation to IOOs on Internet issues.
>
> (Ed: integrating Jeffrey A. Williams' idea)
>
> -s
>
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Regards,
--
Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup - (Over 127k members/stakeholders strong!)
CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
Contact Number: 214-244-4827 or 972-244-3801
Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208



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