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font-size:0.9em;">←<a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Resolutions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Resolutions">Resolutions</a> </td> <td style="width:60%;"><b>Mission and Vision statements</b> </td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:right;font-size:0.9em;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Resolution_talk:Mission_and_Vision_statements&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Resolution talk:Mission and Vision statements (page does not exist)">Feedback?</a>→ </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%; border-bottom:1px solid #A88; background:#FAFAFF;"> <tbody><tr> <td>This resolution revising the Mission and Vision statements was approved by vote (4 supports, 3 absentions) on 11 April 2007. </td></tr></tbody></table><div></div> <p>Whereas the Wikimedia Foundation Board has, in consultation with the chapters and the community, debated and revised the mission and vision statement of the Foundation. </p><p>It is hereby resolved that: </p> <ol><li>The new Mission Statement of the Foundation 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