Hi, Just to feed the troll:
1) Just because you don't remember doesn't mean your interpretation is true. Its not true, I was there (and haven't forgotten) and it isn't true. Please feel free to continue doubting me, but: 2) Honestly I don't see the relation to the EFF & BItcoins discussion, so: Please continue doubting in private,or start a new thread if you feel that this is important enough to discuss separately (because you forgot…) About the bit coins discussion: Its interesting to see how an incident such as a hack of bit coins can affect the trust being placed in this currency. This brings interesting consequences with regards to Wikimedia donations being made possible in bitcpoins. In a way donations of bit coins are similar to donations in stock/shares (they both could fluctuate in value). That would mean that all things being equal we would simply accept a donation in bit coins and convert it to US Dollars (being a US foundation) to ensure that the donation would not lose value (also preventing any gain in value unfortunately)…. I have no say in this (we have much smarter people for that ;) , but I am not sure what value we would then add to the Bitcoins proposition… Jan-Bart On Jun 22, 2011, at 7:14 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > Michael Snow wrote: >> I thought it was reasonably understandable, even without perfect >> grammar, that Ting was saying that since Matt is no longer at Omidyar, >> if your insinuation were true, when he left the foundation would have >> needed to bring in someone new from Omidyar to fill "their" board seat. >> I figured that out, and honestly I wasn't even aware until now that Matt >> had left Omidyar. > > I'm not sure it counts as an insinuation if it's true. They bought a Board > seat. Honestly, I don't remember much dispute about this point when it > happened in 2009 and looking back at the press releases at the time, it > doesn't seem as though anyone was trying to hide this point. My original > comment was only to say that if someone else (another group or organization) > were willing to put up $2 million or more, another Board seat would probably > become available. It's not as though the Board is incapable of changing its > own structure to meet outside demands. > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
