Hi Andrew, Thanks for starting that initiative, it's really good!
I think that if you were able to come up with that, you would be able to come up with even bigger things. I have faith in you :) Regards, Micru On Jun 2, 2017 21:20, "Andrew Lih" <andrew....@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks David. > > More than a year ago, I started a “What’s Making You Happy” prompt in the > Wikipedia Weekly Facebook group as a weekly invitation for folks to share > their stories, large and small. I’m glad to see it spreading to more > corners of our community. > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/ > > -Andrew > > > > On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 6:00 AM, David Cuenca Tudela <dacu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello everybody, > > > > Normally in our community we used to send angry emails when we were not > > happy with how things are going, and we were not sending enough emails of > > satisfaction and encouragement. I don't know who started it, but the > "what > > is making you happy this week" series might be one of the best social > > achievements our movement has reached. > > > > To continue on that line I would like to tell you what made me happy this > > week, but about Katherine Maher, our current leader. In particular about > > this video: > > https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8BuyKmjy7Rw > > > > If you haven't watched it, do it now and get to know Katherine. I think > we > > as a community don't deserve a leader like her, at least not yet. The > > reason is because she's way more advanced than us at seeing how the > world > > is going and what is there to be done about it. > > > > We can have as many Strategy Talks as we want, but as long as we as a > > community are not ready to rally to put ourselves behind Katherine and > > fully support her with her mission, it will be all for nothing. > > > > The way I perceive Katherine is a charismatic leader full of light, but > her > > light is not reaching us fully because we are not giving her enough power > > yet. I want to invite all of you as individuals to reflect upon this and > > ask yourself if you are as ready as me to support Katherine for the > > personal benefit and the whole movement benefit. > > > > > > I have never done this before but allow me some tolerance to speak on > > behalf of the community. Not because I have been elected but because I > love > > it so much and I want the best for it. So if I were to speak on behalf of > > the community I would tell this to Katherine: stop having so much > patience > > with us. > > > > There was a time when patience was good and necessary, but not anymore. > Set > > yourself free and do as you please, because I see no possible harm in > your > > intentions. Don't be afraid about going too fast. The community needs > > challenges to grow and if you don't bring them forward, we will not grow > > enough to face the world of tomorrow, or today, or yesterday. > > > > We are behind in our progress because of you, Katherine. We need that you > > bring to the table ALL what you can do, but you need to do it wisely, and > > you lack a bit of that too. > > So my advice is to challenge us, but ask first wise people in the > movement > > first. There are a few of them, but they do exist: Andrea Zanni, Asaf > > Bartov, even Délphine (never meet her properly) are clear examples of > wise > > people. Over time and with practice you will be able to find more, and in > > the end you will be wise enough to enlighten us all. > > > > In my more than 10 years in the movement and my particular involved in > > leadership, I could have never imagined that we would be so lucky to > find a > > leader like Katherine. When by chance she was here in Belgium, I live in > > Leuven, I asked to meet her. Of course it was not possible, but I use the > > opportunity to tell her what I wanted to in that meeting: Katherine, I > love > > you, not in a romantic way, but the way you are as a person, don't be > > afraid if others cannot see you for who you are, you are just great the > way > > you are. > > > > In a past Conference I brought some gifts to people I cared about, but I > am > > lucky that I won't be attending this Wikimania (only the Wikidata > > conference this year). I feel lucky because I will not have to bring a > gift > > for Katherine, the only person who was deserved my admiration this year, > > and it would be too hard to pick an appropriate gift for her... The Moon? > > The stars? They are hard to transport, anyway. > > > > Please forgive me for my ramblings. I just think that Katherine is great > > and that she deserves more emails like this one. > > > > Cheers, > > Micru > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
