Mission Statement and Strategic Plan Sunday December 17, 2006, 10AM - 12PM Present: Kimbra McCaul, Matthew Singh, Leo Romero, Elise Engelhardt * Last meeting we discussed: Asset-based community development (ABCD), appreciation of diversity, and integrity * This meeting we discussed: * Social innovation (one of the leaders in the citizen journalism movement) * Community collaboration * Have positive stories (Leo: "relentlessly sunny!"). In other words, we won't dig for dirt on people or try to ruin a person's reputation * Below are some ideas that we will be putting into a cohesive mission statement. * Tell stories of those involved nonprofits * Encourage civic engagement * Internships/volunteer in order to give student leaders a platform in which to p