On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 21:26, Gregory Maxwell<gmaxw...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
If you're going to be consistent with your first comment (above: appointment is of Matt Halprin, not ON), then the word "representative" is probably not the right one. (not denying any connection or anything, just pointing out semantics) Delphine -- ~notafish NB. This gmail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails will get lost. Intercultural musings: Ceci n'est pas une endive - http://blog.notanendive.org _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
