On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]>wrote:
> 2009/8/27 Anthony <[email protected]>: > > I agree that companies often misuse the term "partner" for people who > aren't > > actually "partners" (although I can't think of an example, can you?). > > Big banks often do it. I remember reading a news article about Goldman > Sachs announcing its new batch of partners. They were all high ranking > employees and, as far as know, remained so, just with a new title. Goldman Sachs was a partnership until 1999, so that's probably why they do it. A lot of law firms, even ones which have incorporated, do it for the same historical reasons. I don't know how many banks were historically partnerships, though. > It is relevant because if Halprin is a partner with Omidyar Network, LLC, > > and doesn't receive any guaranteed payments, then he isn't being paid by > > Omidyar Network, LLC to do any particular job. > > He isn't sitting on the WMF board on behalf of Omidyar either way, so > what different does it make? After rechecking my assumptions, I guess it doesn't make any difference. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
