Re: Web:Introduction: Rename "Our Goal" box (issue 48430043)

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Urs Liska" <address@hidden>

> > I believe I had suggested "purpose." I realize that's not much better
> > than goal/mission, but it's less corporate than "mission," and is more
> > focused on why we exist than what we think we've accomplished (as goal
> > and objective are), in my opinion.
> >
> > Carl P.
>
> Yes I recall that. For me this somehow sounds wrong - but again that may 
> be due to my non-native "ear".
> Phil, what do you think about "purpose"?
>
> Urs


To me, it's a very uninspiring word.  NASA had a goal of landing a man on 
the moon (http://history.nasa.gov/moondec.html).  Its purpose was much more 
mundane.

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Phil Holmes