# Define our community Mission statement **URL:** \ **Category:** Project Discussions\ **Tags:** community, resolved, mission\ **Created:** [November 2, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/define-our-community-mission-statement/2101 "2023-11-02T09:39:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andersson007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/andersson007/32/89_2.png) [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/define-our-community-mission-statement/2101/1 "2023-11-02T09:39:58Z")
We, as a project and community, still don’t have our Mission statement defined (at least in a single place in the form of mission statement). However, a mission statement is an attribute of any mature project, which Ansible obviously is, so we should define it to declare and convey our general goals, values, and principles. Important points are: - The Mission statement **will NOT** be something mandatory, supposed or recommended to use across our sub-projects / sub-communities / teams: it’ll be absolutely OK if they define their own unique missions or don’t define any explicit ones if they like. - It will probably be present on a future community site (not on [docs.ansible.com](http://docs.ansible.com)). - It’ll probably be here on the forum, maybe on the welcome page. - It’s not supposed to be in any other places. It can be corrected in future if needed. Based on results of @gwmngilfen 's survey we conducted and discussed some time ago in [another topic](http://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-mission-statement-brainstorming-time/176), I suggest using the following. Any feedback is much appreciated. Special thanks to @hunleyd for helping with the wording. ### Our Mission In the Ansible community, our mission is to produce, maintain, and popularize simple, flexible, and powerful open-source software tools tailored to automating a large variety of tasks. We strive to innovate in making infrastructure configuration and management as effortless and efficient as possible with automation, enabling people to focus on their core objectives. We welcome members from all skill levels to participate in our open, inclusive, and vibrant community. Whether you are an expert or just beginning your journey with Ansible, you are encouraged to contribute, share insights, and collaborate with fellow enthusiasts! ---
**Author:** ![gwmngilfen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gwmngilfen/32/6_2.png) [@gwmngilfen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gwmngilfen)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/define-our-community-mission-statement/2101/2 "2023-11-02T09:51:11Z")
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**Author:** ![Andersson007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/andersson007/32/89_2.png) [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/define-our-community-mission-statement/2101/3 "2023-11-02T09:53:11Z")
FYI We’ll keep this topic pinned for some time. Then, if there are no major concerns/objections, we’ll apply this for the sources mentioned in the description. ---
**Author:** ![maxamillion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/maxamillion/32/98_2.png) [@maxamillion](https://forum.ansible.com/u/maxamillion)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/define-our-community-mission-statement/2101/4 "2023-11-03T14:11:02Z")
I love that mission statement as written, kudos to all involved who helped shape it! ❤ ---
**Author:** ![Andersson007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/andersson007/32/89_2.png) [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/define-our-community-mission-statement/2101/5 "2023-11-21T11:52:05Z")
@gwmngilfen @cybette @maxamillion and others thanks for participationing! As we discussed with Greg before this topic creating, we would created it, pin and give the community a few weeks to raise concerns. There have been no concerns raised so far, which is probably a result of polishing this statement in a couple of our sub-projects, and this indicates that it can be used. So let’s consider this accepted and use at least: - on the new community side on its homepage - here on the forum if possible and no objections on welcome page (I’m not sure if it’s possible though) - somewhere else, where needed I’ll close this topic. Let’s continue discussing implementation details in dedicated topics. Thanks everyone involved! ---
**Author:** ![Andersson007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/andersson007/32/89_2.png) [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/define-our-community-mission-statement/2101/6 "2023-11-21T11:52:22Z")
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**Author:** ![Andersson007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/andersson007/32/89_2.png) [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/define-our-community-mission-statement/2101/7 "2023-11-21T13:00:26Z")
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**Author:** ![oranod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/oranod/32/1434_2.png) [@oranod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/oranod)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/define-our-community-mission-statement/2101/8 "2025-09-05T09:57:45Z")
@Andersson007 Hey! I’ve been looking at the mission statement that we did for the community website. You can see it here: [Our mission | Ansible Community](https://ansible-community-website.readthedocs.io/mission-statement/) What do you think if we add this to the footer of the forum? Maybe alongside the sections here: [Terms of Service - Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/tos) Also should we update or remove the “Get Ansible” link in the footer? It points to `ansible.com` which redirects to `https://www.redhat.com/en/ansible-collaborative`. ---
**Author:** ![oranod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/oranod/32/1434_2.png) [@oranod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/oranod)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/define-our-community-mission-statement/2101/9 "2025-09-05T10:07:07Z")
Maybe we should also remove `ansible.com` from the community links section? ---
**Author:** ![Andersson007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/andersson007/32/89_2.png) [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/define-our-community-mission-statement/2101/10 "2025-09-08T05:54:01Z")
@oranod , the suggestions SGTM ---
**Author:** ![oranod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/oranod/32/1434_2.png) [@oranod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/oranod)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/define-our-community-mission-statement/2101/11 "2025-09-08T12:49:44Z")
Done! [https://forum.ansible.com/pub/our-mission-statement](https://forum.ansible.com/pub/our-mission-statement)