Hi Thomas,
On Aug 26, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Those answers don't address the fact that
you've just given a seat on
the board to someone that has just given you a big pile of cash. I am
open to being convinced that this is a good thing, but you haven't
even tried to convince me. I am not arguing that Matt isn't a good
choice for the board, I am arguing that the circumstances of his
appointment are inappropriate. Had you discussed the general principle
of selling board seats with the community you might have got a
positive response, but you didn't ask.
This may be a heretic question but I'd like to pose it anyway: why
should it be necessary or appropriate for the Foundation to discuss
this subject with the project communities? How does this appointment
have any impact on the activities within the projects?
Best regards,
Sebastian