Bruce, you bring up a good point, I think IRC discussions can be great for brainstorming, meetings and getting quick and dirty answers, however, anything as important as a mission statement for OpenACS needs discussion in this forum, and then probably a TIP, so the entire governing body can comment and vote. I personally don't have an opinion on what the mission statement should say, but if it shows up somewhere as "The OpenACS Mission", something more official needs to take place first.
