2009/8/28 Anthony <[email protected]>: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 2009/8/28 Liam Wyatt <[email protected]>: >> > In the interest of creating *informed* discussion, please note the >> > publication of Episode 82 of Wikipedia Weekly - an interview with Matt >> > Halprin. >> > >> > In this, at timecode 9:15 he is specifically asked about the issue of >> > the donation+board membership. >> > >> > http://wikipediaweekly.org/2009/08/28/episode-82-matt-halprin-interview/ >> >> I thank Wikipedia Weekly for asking the question, but he didn't really >> answer it. He spent most of his answer talking about his >> qualifications (which nobody disputes) and then just added on the end >> that there isn't a tie between the money and the seat. It is going to >> take more than that to convince me. They were announced on the same >> day, to claim they are unrelated is pretty hard to believe. >> > > It seems to me that if one is to assume good faith, the answer is that the > money and the commitment by Halprin to be on the board *were* related, in > that they were both things provided for the Wikimedia Foundation by related > parties. It all depends on how you look at it, really. You can look at it > as the WMF gave Halprin a seat, or you can look at it as Halprin agreed to > take a seat.
Who made the offer and who the acceptance isn't very important. It is a legal technicality, but all that really matters is that both exist. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
