MARS had a small group of students write our mission statement, which was accepted after team review & vote. This procedure helped inform everyone & all felt a part of its creation.
"Our mission is to develop a cohesive, inspired team that uses wit, ingenuity and applied science to reach for MARS (Mega Awesome Robotic Systems). We plan to interest as many people as possible in going along for the ride!"
Our short & long term goals are spelled out in our 2008 Business Plan,
here. We created the plan for the first time this year to help the team transition through a lot of challenges it faces (we learned that our one teacher was leaving the team, our workspace will be unavailable next year, etc.) One mom with a business/CPA background helped put this together. It has been very useful for us.
Good luck writing yours!