On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >
By the way, in the future, the board should avoid these kinds of accusations by clearly separating the two transactions. If possible, the board members shouldn't even know about the $2 million until after it has voted. If not, the $2 million should be announced publicly before the board votes. I suppose there could still be secret contracts or at least verbal agreements involved, but they'd probably leak out and be announced by Kelly Martin or someone. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
