Update the mission statement

[clairernovotny]

The board has proposed the following updates mission statement, in two forms: full and abridged:

Full
Our mission is to build and educate producers and consumers, both new and old of the .NET platform. We will grow a trusted OSS ecosystem adopted by education, commercial entities, and all users. We will lead by example creating a world-wide, healthy, vibrant, and diverse OSS community.

Abridged
Our mission is to build and educate producers and consumers, both new and old of the .NET platform, to grow a trusted OSS ecosystem adopted by all users.

The comment period is open on this is two weeks (October 26).

[SeanKilleen]

Thank you for opening this up for input!

I think the abridged statement might be missing a word as you intended?

grow a trusted OSS ecosystem adopted all users.

vs

grow a trusted OSS ecosystem adopted by all users.

[clairernovotny]

@SeanKilleen Fixed!

[ericsampson]

Nice to see!
The first sentence reads quite awkwardly (to me at least):

Our mission is to build and educate producers and consumers, both new and old of the .NET platform.

What does it mean to "build and educate producers and consumers"? How can you "build (snip) producers and consumers", I'm not sure what that means. Is it missing some nouns - "build (something here) and educate", or am I just missing the intent that's trying to be conveyed?

Once that's sorted, I'd propose rearranging the last part:
"Our mission is to (REVISED TEXT HERE) producers and consumers of the .NET platform, both current and future."

Cheers!!

[ericsampson]

The other thing I'd suggest is something like:
"grow a trusted OSS ecosystem " > "grow a trusted community-inclusive OSS ecosystem"

[haneytron]

I do agree with Eric that "build" seems like the wrong verb. I think maybe "empower" or something works? And I like the idea of calling out community inclusion as well.

[ericsampson]

Nice call @haneytron 👍

"Our mission is to empower and educate producers and consumers of the .NET platform, both current and future. We will grow a trusted community-inclusive OSS ecosystem adopted by education, commercial entities, and all users. We will lead by example creating a world-wide, healthy, vibrant, and diverse OSS community."

[eglasius]

How about: Our mission is to empower producers and consumers of the .NET platform, both current and future.

[daveaglick]

I agree the first sentence is a little awkward. I also like the term “empower” but substituting it for “grow” seems like we’re missing some intent regarding increasing numbers. To continue riffing on the proposals and evolution of the statement above, what about adding “attract” (and I made some other small changes for consideration):

Our mission is to attract, empower, and educate producers and consumers of the .NET platform, both current and future. We will grow a trusted community-inclusive OSS ecosystem adopted by education, commercial entities, and all users. We will lead by example and create a global, healthy, vibrant, and diverse OSS community.

[secretGeek]

I’d consider the word “encourage” instead of “build” (and instead of “empower” suggested upthread).

[Ochuwa-sophie]

"We will grow a trusted OSS ecosystem adopted by education, commercial entities, and all users. "
"...by education..." seems vague to me, how about "...by educators and content creators" ?

"We will lead by example creating a world-wide, healthy, vibrant, and diverse OSS community."

I'm thinking healthy may not be necessary or what picture is in mind when we say healthy?

[Ochuwa-sophie]

"We will grow a trusted OSS ecosystem adopted by education, commercial entities, and all users. "
"...by education..." seems vague to me, how about "...by educators and content creators" ?

"We will lead by example creating a world-wide, healthy, vibrant, and diverse OSS community."

I'm thinking healthy may not be necessary or what picture is in mind when we say healthy?

also, what exactly does worldwide mean?

[HowardvanRooijen]

I was wondering if you could flip the statement around, and make it a bit more "servant leader":

Our mission is to remove barriers and build support for the diverse community who want to put dotnet at the heart of their business, educational, and personal development.

[Layla-P]

Thank you all for this awesome feedback. We shall review all and make appropriate amendments.

[Layla-P]

I do agree with Eric that "build" seems like the wrong verb. I think maybe "empower" or something works? And I like the idea of calling out community inclusion as well.

Agreed. We shall work on this.

[isaacabraham]

Going ahead with "build" then?

[isaacrlevin]

@jglozano @devlead @rprouse @richlander @IrisClasson @wordshaker @jguadagno @BillWagner @frankodoom @shawnwildermuth Is this still being discussed