mission-statement.md

 # DRAFT Mision Statement
 
-> [Haskell'](haskell') will be a conservative refinement of Haskell 98.  We will
-> strive to only include tried-and-true language features.  This
-> standard will reflect the realities of developing practical
-> applications in the Haskell language.
+> [Haskell'](haskell') will be a conservative refinement of Haskell 98.  It will be the work of this committee to adopt a set of language extensions and modifications and to standardize a new set of libraries.
 
 >
-> It will be the work of this committee to define the criteria for
-> adopting language extensions and modifications, and standardizing a
-> new set of libraries.  We will work closely with the rest of the
-> Haskell community to do so.
+> We will strive to only include tried-and-true language features. This standard will reflect the realities of developing practical applications in the Haskell language.  We will work closely with the rest of the Haskell community to create this standard.