His point on interactiveness and ‘building a tribe’ is particularly striking. For years, reading and contributing to Proceedings was the limit of communication technology. But the mission of the Institute is to provide a forum and to disseminate and advance knowledge — not publish a magazine. This isn’t to knock Proceedings, but a monthly periodical — or even a blog for that matter — isn’t going to cut it as a forum in the 21st century, particularly for the very individuals that are supposed to be at the heart of the Institute’s ‘tribe’ — active, serving young naval officers. We’re going to have to do much better and make some tough choices if we hope to live up to spirit of the mission statement we have all so ardently defended.