I like reading this. Excellent, indeed!
On 3 June 2014 03:50, Nurunnaby Chowdhury <nh(a)nhasive.com> wrote:
+1 Lila..
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On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Jasper Deng <jasper(a)jasperswebsite.com>
wrote:
If only you made this an actual verbal speech!
That's how inspiring I
find
this statement :).
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Vishnu <visdaviva(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> +1 Lila. Best wishes.
>
> Vishnu
>
>
> On Tuesday 03 June 2014 10:52 AM, Lila Tretikov wrote:
>
>> A month ago, I met some of you for the first time at the WMF’s monthly
>> metrics meeting. Officially, today is my first day as Executive
Director
> of
> the Foundation. In practice, it’s a day like many others: Today and in
the
>> future, we’ll keep working together towards our mission.
>>
>> When I first started learning about Wikimedia, I thought to myself:
this
>> will be different. Now, seeing the world
from within the information
Big
> Bang
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang>, I know: it is.
>
> Every second the universe of information is expanding around us, and
> Wikimedia is a major force that turns this information into knowledge.
It
> is beholden to no one, yet accountable to
each and every human being.
We,
> the people who create knowledge and bring it
to every corner of the
world,
>> are the ones that help it expand. We, the people who read and learn,
are
> the
ones that hold the power to make this world a better place.
>
> I often speak about human experience. Most have understood this as
talking
> about user experience: the way we access the
information or contribute
> knowledge. You are — partially — right. But what I mean is bigger than
> that.
>
> What I am after is our connection to the world and each other through
> knowledge. What I’d like us to do is to think big. Think beyond
ourselves.
> Think about humanity as a whole. Because you
can. Because Wikimedia is
the
> place to transcend the now and to build the
future.
>
> This means that what’s ahead is bigger than any one of us. Yet,
together,
>> we can make it happen. It means thinking beyond ourselves. It means
>> thinking as a student in Cambodia learning about Khmer poetry
>> <https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%80%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%
>> 9A%E1%9E%98%E1%9E%84%E1%9F%89%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%99>,
>> or a doctor in France writing about infectious diseases
>> <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maladies_infectieuses>. This means
>> empathy,
>> altruism and compassion. It means making things accessible, friendly
and
>> easy for everyone.
>>
>> This is what makes Wikimedia big.
>>
>> This is what makes each of us bigger than we could ever be.
>>
>> This is the what. Our job, as the community and the Foundation, is to
>> build
>> the how. Where is the will, there is a way. We are here to walk it.
>>
>> Let’s think big.
>>
>>
>> *Lila Tretikov <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LilaTretikov>
>> Executive
>> Director*
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