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It has been proposed that we need a minor change to the Foundations mission statement. It is requested that the board discuss this proposal and make recommendations for making a change should the board agree it is necessary. The current statement is: "The mission of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is to provide software for the public good. We do this by providing services and support for many like-minded software project communities of individuals who choose to join the ASF." It has been observed that "join the ASF" gives the impression that there is some thing that one joins, like a membership organization. We don't really have a "joining" of anything. Given our inclusivity and the growing need to literally "join" open source projects outside of the ASF it is proposed that this potential misunderstanding is problematic. In order to resolve this it has been been suggested that we make a minor adjustment to this wording. It is not the intent to change the meaning of the mission statement, only to clarify this single point - that there is no need to "join" the ASF in order to participate in its projects. After discussion on the board@ mailing list the following suggestions have been made and not been objected to: A) "The mission of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is to provide software for the public good. We do this by providing services and support for many like-minded software project communities of individuals who choose to contribute to ASF projects." B) "The mission of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is to provide software for the public good. We do this by providing services and support for many like-minded software project communities of individuals who choose to participate with the Apache community." C) "The mission of the Apache Software Foundation is to provide software for the public good. We do this by providing services and support for many like-minded software project communities. " D) "The mission of the Apache Software Foundation is to provide software for the public good. We do this by providing services, support, and a common ethos for many software project communities. " @Ross: send message to board to finalize the change to mission statement