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 <[email protected]> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
