+1 Lila.. -- Nurunnaby Chowdhury | @nhasive Sysop, Bengali Wikipedia | User: Nhasive Member, IEG, WMF Sent from my iPhone device
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Jasper Deng <jas...@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 <visdav...@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* > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > >> wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > >> 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 > > 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 > 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 Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
