+1 Lila..
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Nurunnaby Chowdhury | @nhasive
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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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