On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Sage Ross <[email protected]<ragesoss%[email protected]> > wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Anthony<[email protected]> wrote: > > He said that? Where has Halprin or anyone with knowledge of the > appointment > > said that Halprin was considered because of the grant negotiations? > Where > > has anyone even acknowledged that there were grant "negotiations"? What > was > > being negotiated? What were the other offers? > > See > http://wikipediaweekly.org/2009/08/28/episode-82-matt-halprin-interview/ > and > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly/Wikimania_2009/Halprin > (transcript of one section of the interview). > > Halprin said: "But I think that at this point in time, I think what > Sue would say is, that even if Omidyar Network hadn't gotten involved, > once she got to know me that she would have actually said: hey, this > is someone who could be helpful for us at this point in time." What's > implicit is that Omidyar Network did, in fact, get involved and that's > why Foundation people got to know him well enough to decide that he > should be added to the board. > The timeline is unclear to me. I was under the impression that Halprin met the board before the grant was discussed. To say that "Halprin was considered because of the grant negotiations" implies that he wouldn't have been considered were there no grant negotiations. To me Halprin is saying the opposite in that quote above. If Omidyar Networks had not offered a grant, but offered to put Halprin on the board, would the board have accepted it? I don't see anyone with knowledge of the situation saying no. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
