On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Guillaume Paumier<guillom....@gmail.com> wrote: [snip] > It is very common for members of the board of a non-profit > organisation to donate money to support this organisation.
It was my understanding that the appointment was of Matt Halprin, not the Omidyar Network. On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Robert Rohde<raro...@gmail.com> wrote: > However, in this case, even if we > assume the seat was outright "bought" for $2M, I don't think there are I'm not sure why people are behaving as though there is any ambiguity on this point. The Omidyar Network agreed to make a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation with the understood condition that their representative would receive a seat on the board. There is no need for speculation, it is what it is, like it or dislike it. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
