On 28/12/06, Teun Spaans <teun.spaans(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I wonder:
1) Did the foundation decide themselves to reward virgin unite with this
banner, or was this a (politely worded request) from virgin unite?
I believe it was necessitated by a contract.
2) Have there been any donations by other companies of
the same order of
magnitude?
3) If so, wouldnt it be fair if we offer these other companies a banner for
a day, on our own initiative? I also think of yahoo and kennisnet, who are
supporting us heavily with servers and bandwidth.
No. If the company does not require that we put their logo at the top
of the page for the donation to be acceptable, we shouldn't. We should
thank the company, but in a less divisive, controvertial way. In a way
that isn't too close to advertising for some users.
5) Could the board please communicate all decisions
which are sensitive
among the wikipedians, timely to all relevent mailinglists?
I second this request.
6) Has there ever been an open call to all wikipedians
to provide
suggestions to the foundationboard of ways to receive money?
Not formally, I think.
--
Oldak Quill (oldakquill(a)gmail.com)