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Mozilla is small compared to companies creating other browsers and mobile operating systems (we're even small compared to other global non-profits).  Because [http://www.mozilla.org/mission/ our mission] resonates with people around the world who want to help, we have an enormous opportunity.  A thoughtful approach to identifying where we need to build community and supporting teams so they are successful at community building will bring in the people Mozilla needs to succeed.

To fully leverage this opportunity, Mozilla needs to evolve our informal, organic and ad hoc community building efforts into a thoughtful, intentional and scalable approach.  Connecting [[Community|contributors]] to our strategic goals also requires more than simply being open and letting people [http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/homesteading/cathedral-bazaar/ar01s02.html scratch their personal itch].  The following sections have more about how to increase our capacity for community building.