On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]>wrote:
> 2009/8/25 Nathan <[email protected]>: > > This is good news. It doesn't seem strange to me at all that a major > donor > > gains a limited voice on the Board, particularly when the donor can offer > > expertise and connections in addition to funding. It also serves as a > more > > plausible explanation for Halprin's appointment than the conspiracy > theory > > about Wikia, corrupt practices and misuse of tax-free funds. > > The cash is obviously useful, and I think this kind of arrangement is > fairly common in the charity world, but it will inevitably cause drama > in the community. That fight was lost years ago when the Wikimedia Foundation became a non-membership organization. I doubt this is "fairly common" among membership organizations. Wales was right when he said that the community is irrelevant. > We voted for these Board members, in most cases repeatedly; it does them a > > disservice to essentially accuse them of abusing the trust granted them > by > > the community. > > I don't recall an intention to sell seats on the board being mentioned > in any of their candidate statements... We don't even know (yet?) which board members voted for and which voted against this arrangement. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
