[Foundation-l] Omidyar Network Commits $2 Million Grant to Wikimedia Foundation

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/8/27 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Guillaume Paumier <guillom.pom at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Gregory Kohs<thekohser at gmail.com> wrote:> A board member (or volunteer, or anyone who goes around and asks
>> > someone to donate money to a cause) has some leverage if they can
>> > answer: « I donated $2 million because I think this cause is worthy.
>> > How much will you donate? »
>> >
>> > How unfortunate for Matt Halprin.  As far as I know, it was his employer,
>> > Omidyar Network, that made the big donation, not Halprin himself
>> personally.
>>
>> Simply replace my conclusion by « I had my company donate $2 million
>> because I managed to convince them that this cause is worthy. How much
>> will you or your company donate? »
>
>
> Fairly huge difference, when you put it that way.  I'm still untwisting the
> details trying to figure out who's getting paid what by whom for what,
> though.

I agree, there is a big difference between spending someone else's
money and spending your own.