I say we should if it makes sense. We should spread information. No, we must maintain our focus. We need to both provide tools and improve their circumstance. We should not change our mission statement whimsically and irresponsibly.
Development is the means to improve quality of life.
We are an action group and we must act on our beliefs. Let us all think about these issues but not stop our action. We do not need a one path consensus. If chapters are interested, the current objectives, as stated in 1991, do allow us the freedom to support these other issues. If chapters are focusing narrowly, it is because of their own decision, not some ashawide mandate.