Asaf, and everyone else, really, I guess the time for silence is over.
I think that, just because Siko feels this way, now, about this wmf, and about this moment, doesn't mean that the next moment will maintain, integral, this same truth. It is the rest of us that get to craft the next moment. It is both with our skills and effort that we get to craft it.
I intend to bring love and respect into our next moment. Lila and our leadership have failed to bring us peace right now in this moment, but we will make peace and we will fix our problems.
Because we are not a tree, we are part of an ancient Aspen Grove.
Original Message From: Asaf Bartov Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 18:17 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Reply To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Another goodbye
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Siko Bouterse sbouterse@wikimedia.org wrote:
Transparency, integrity, community and free knowledge remain deeply important to me, and I believe I will be better placed to represent those values in a volunteer capacity at this time. I am and will always remain a Wikimedian, so you'll still see me around the projects (User:Seeeko), hopefully with renewed energy and joy in volunteering.
" [...] Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity." -- W. B. Yeats