Michael Snow wrote: > The events happened at the same time, so the connection is pretty > obvious, but it was never a quid pro quo. While I was on the board, > there was at least one major donor who was interested in being added to > the board based on their financial contributions, but that person was > not considered a good fit despite being a generous supporter of the > organization. So no, the notion that a board seat would be available for > money is incorrect. We felt Matt added valuable expertise and would be a > good addition to the board, whether Omidyar was donating $1 million or > $10 million. As he remains on the board after leaving Omidyar, I presume > that's also why he's still there.
Out of the 6.5 billion-plus people in the world, one of four or so who were partners at the organization that was donating $2 million to Wikimedia was the best choice? With those kinds of odds and that kind of luck, I would've been buying a lot of lottery tickets. I think this thread is a classic case of wikiality: "together we can create a reality that we all agree on--the reality we just agreed on." I apologize for hijacking this thread. MZMcBride _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
