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.lih(a)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 <dacuetu(a)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
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