Do NAR and TRA have their mission statements published someplace?

[RangerStl]

Greetings, everybody. Do NAR and TRA have their mission statements published someplace? I spent about 15 minutes on their websites trying to find them and could not.

What are their stated missions?

Thanks!

N

 

[sylvie369]

"To explore strange, new worlds, to seek out new life, new civilizations..."

(Okay, someone had to say it).

 

[RangerStl]

Just doing a little research. :blush:

 

[kjohnson]

Are you talking about something other than the organizational statement on the About the NAR page?

https://nar.org/about.html

 

[RangerStl]

Yes, I'm talking about the cute 3 to 5 line MBA-type mission statement like various companies and non-profits have.

ASPCA's is simple: “to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States.”

The AMA has theirs at the end of this page: https://www.modelaircraft.org/membership/organization.aspx

Just wondering if NAR and TRA operate with a mission vision...

N

 

[shreadvector]

Is it in the bylaws?

 

[RangerStl]

It'd be nice if it was easier to find and more prominently displayed.

Just saying.

 

[bobkrech]

ARTICLE II: PURPOSE

[FONT=Arial Narrow,Arial Narrow][FONT=Arial Narrow,Arial Narrow]The purpose of the National Association of Rocketry, hereafter called the Association, shall be to aid and encourage by all suitable means all people interested in model rocketry and its related sciences.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Arial Narrow,Arial Narrow]The Association shall: [/FONT]​

[FONT=Arial Narrow,Arial Narrow](a) promote the safe pursuit of rocketry; [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow,Arial Narrow](b) establish, enforce, modify and publish standards and rules relating to the construction, operation, and safety of non-professional consumer rockets and rocket products; [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow,Arial Narrow](c) establish and define key safety parameters pertaining to nonprofessional consumer rocketry in the Safety Code(s) of the Association; [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow,Arial Narrow](d) prepare, collect, correlate, and disseminate by publication or otherwise facts, information, articles, books, or other literature pertaining to rocketry, and shall engage in, encourage, and promote the educational aspects of rocketry; [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow,Arial Narrow](e) establish and maintain means of communication with its members, committees, other functions, and its affiliates, and shall collaborate or affiliate with other organizations whether scientific or otherwise, in any manner and to any extent which, in the judgment of the Board of Trustees, will best aid in accomplishing its objectives; [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow,Arial Narrow](f) strive to promote and improve the image of rocketry with the general public and with all levels of government, and shall cooperate with all levels of government to the end that non-professional rocket activities may be conducted without undue restriction;[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow,Arial Narrow](g) encourage membership in the Association, establish local chartered sections, and promote the growth of the Association; [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow,Arial Narrow](h) engage in and encourage organized rocket activities as the Association or the Board of Trustees may from time to time deem necessary or desirable in connection with this article; [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow,Arial Narrow](i) promote an increasingly wide interest in the scientific techniques pertaining to rocketry, encourage research and experimentation; and the Association may buy, hold, or convey real and personal property to that end. [/FONT]

Source: https://www.nar.org/pdf/bylaws.pdf

Mission statement is a rather new term adopted by the military industrial complex. In the old days it was called purpose.

Bob
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[kjohnson]

It'd be nice if it was easier to find and more prominently displayed.

Just saying.

Oh if that's the case, I'll quote another long time TRFer and ask-
What did the NAR or TRA webmaster say when you emailed or called them about that?

kj

 

[Ted Cochran]

Greetings, everybody. Do NAR and TRA have their mission statements published someplace? I spent about 15 minutes on their websites trying to find them and could not.

What are their stated missions?

Thanks!

N

As kjohnson says, NAR's is here. It is designed to be modular, so depending on what you're using it for, you can use some or all of the paragraphs after the first one.

 

[RangerStl]

Thanks Bob and Ted!

N