On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]>wrote:
> 2009/8/28 Anthony <[email protected]>: > 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. > I'm not talking about who made the offer and who the acceptance. I'm talking about who benefits. As long as the WMF benefits from each individual transaction, I don't see the problem. And I don't see qualified experts lining up begging to work for free as Wikimedia Board members. The biggest argument against the accusation that the WMF board seat was bought for $2 million is that it isn't worth $2 million. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
