The I-YES! initiative : Progress, further realizations and challenges

1. The I-YES! initiative: Progress, furtherrealizationsandchallenges TilahunMelkmauGetu President, coordinator and volunteer of I-YES!

2. Acknowledegments • ToGod • Tomyfamilies: Mom, dad, brothers, sistersand relatives • Tomywirelessfamilies: Beyene Aleme, Frau Dr. med. Eva-Maria Rao. Frau Dr. med. Inge Barten, Girma & Tsegenet, Yonas & Kaniya, Elsa Weiss, Abebe & Roman, Wubishet & Yodit, Ezera & Rahel, Petros & Kibert, Dani & Seble, NatnaelTeshome, WubishetYibabie • To I-YES! scholars/scientists: AbrehamEmishaw, DesalegnMelkmau, MikiyasTaddesse, WubishetYibabie, Mertshet Solomon andEthiopianswhohavejoined I-YES!

3. Acknowledegments • To all peoplewhohaddonatedtothefirst I-YES! Fund raisingevent • To all peoplewhohavedonated (readytodonateto) theoneyearjubileeevent • Friends: Fantastic 5 members, Kristian Frank, Marko • To all peoplewhohaveinspiredme • People whosaidnotomewhileponderingatthesaying: "I am thankful to all those who said 'NO' because of them, I did it myself.''-the Nobel Laureate Albert Einstein

4. Agenda • Introduction • Oneyearprogressof I-YES! • Further realizations • Challenges • Summary • Backups

5. The I-YES! initiative I-YES! societies I-YES! sections I-YES! programs

6. Agenda • Introduction • Oneyearprogressof I-YES! • Further realizations • Challenges • Summary • Backups

7. One year progress of I-YES! • Inspiringwebsitemadeof 355 pagesandsubpagesas well as 100+ hiddenpages • 10 commenced I-YES! societies • 19 commenced I-YES! sections • Progress in theimplementationofthe I-YES! programs • I-YES! resources: 4000+ links of global universitiesand 1000+ pricelessscientific links • I-YES! networking: 80+ Ethiopianscholars/scientistsarenetworked via I-YES! • I-YES! research: The Progressive I-YES! Theorem (PIT) • JoIn-YES! articles: 2 submittedand 3 in preparation • Distinguished I-YES! Lectures (DILs): 86 noveltopics • I-YES! fundraisings: thefirst I-YES! fundraisingeventandtheoneyearjubileeof I-YES!

8. Agenda • Introduction • Oneyearprogressof I-YES! • Further realizations • Challenges • Summary • Backups

9. Further realizations • Keenness, hardwork, determination, strong desireandtheaudacityofhopetostrengthenthe I-YES! networkto • Evokesynergyamong I-YES! societiesand I-YES! sections • Evokesynergyamong I-YES! sections so astoeffectivelyimplementthe I-YES! programs • Evokesynergyamongthe I-YES! societies so astoeffectivelyimplementthe I-YES! programs • (Fully/Partially) implementthe Progressive I-YES! Theorem • Make I-YES! a highlyeffectiveorganization

10. Agenda • Introduction • Oneyearprogressof I-YES! • Further realizations • Challenges • Summary • Backups

11. Main challenges • UnsettledabroadlifeofseveralEthiopianscholars/scientists • Strengtheningthe I-YES! network • Evoking a synergyamongthe I-YES! societiesand I-YES! sections • Lack ofkeenness • Making I-YES! a highlyeffectiveorganization • Establishing a regularlyworking I-YES! board • Lack offinanceand time

12. Agenda • Introduction • Oneyearprogressof I-YES! • Further realizations • Challenges • Summary • Backups

13. Summary • "We are the change we have been waiting for."-the Nobel Laureate and the 44th President of USA Barak Obama • ''Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.''-the inconceivable Nobel Laureate Nelson Mandela • "Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile."-the Nobel Laureate Albert Einstein • "Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness."-the Nobel Laureate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

14. Summary (cont.) • ''You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.'' -Jack London(American short-story writer and novelist whose works deal romantically with elemental struggles for survival. One of the most extensively translated of African American authors. 1876-1916) • "The time is always right to do what is right."-the Nobel Laureate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. • "In a gentle way, you can shake the world."-Mahatma Gandhi • "Change your thoughts and you change your world."-Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (author of “the power of positive thinking”) • "A place for everything, everything in its place."-Benjamin Franklin

15. Summary (cont.) • "Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.''-the Nobel Laureate Richard P. Feynman • "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."-the Nobel Laureate Albert Einstein • "If you don't have any charity in your heart you have the worst kind of heart trouble."-Bob Hope (was an English-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, author, and athlete • "If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live."-the Nobel Laureate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

16. Agenda • Introduction • Oneyearprogressof I-YES! • Further realizations • Challenges • Summary • Backups

17. Backups

18. I-YES! societies

19. I-YES! societies

20. I-YES! sections

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22. I-YES! programs

23. I-YES! programs

24. በጣም አመሰግናለሁ • Thanks a lot • Vielen Dank • Merci beaucoup