45 Minutes to Create the Mission Statement
Saturday January 20, @12:26AM, by Colby Peterson on behalf of the ComCom
Subject : Party Literature and Public Relations
from the Communications and Media dept.
Summary :
At the most recent Communications Committee meeting in December, the committee decided that more input from a larger body was necessary to properly devise party literature. As such, we are asking the State Committee to set aside time to develop a mission statement that will provide direction to those who are relating with the public through various means (for example, the party brochure.)

What is a mission statement?

FROM: http://www.businessplans.org/Mission.html

"The mission statement should be a clear and succinct representation of the enterprise's purpose for existence. It should incorporate socially meaningful and measurable criteria addressing concepts such as the moral/ethical position of the enterprise, public image, the target market, products/services, the geographic domain and expectations of growth and profitability."

Why did the ComCom decide that we need a mission statement? What about the 10 key values?

I am summarizing sentiment I interpret from minutes and from when I was there, but the way I (Colby Peterson) saw it is that we (the ComCom) believe that in order to better connect with through literature, we need a more succinct and less abstract set of ideas than the 10 key values. The 10KVs provide foundation for our platform, but they should continue to serve as foundations for our statements, and not the statements themselves.

A mission statement also provides direction for those who may need it. Many are asking the question, why are we here? We answer that question and disseminate that answer as a proclamation to the masses as a pitch to them to join us. That is part of what a mission statement is and what the 10KVs cannot do alone.

Text :
The State Committee will allocate 45 minutes to discuss and develop an official party mission statement. Facilitation for this discussion shall be deferred to members of the Communications Committee.
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