[WikiEN-l] Jimmy Wales in the news

[Geoffrey Plourde]

Agree. Jimbo is all over the country. It is highly possible he simply mixed up receipts, and considering the spirit of the Foundation, that they slashed cards to cut costs.


----- Original Message ----
From: Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway at gmail.com>
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Friday, March 7, 2008 8:57:57 PM
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Jimmy Wales in the news

On 07/03/2008, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
>
> Intentionally submitting a receipt to a non-profit charity which one
>  knows is unacceptable is unethical at best.

How do you know it's unacceptable until the finance director turns it
down?  I don't find the idea of expensive wine and massages improbable
for a high profile personality; not that I don't also admire the
frugality that leaves the weary traveller paying the bill himself
occasionally (just as long as it never happens to me).

>  However, "intentionally"
>  and "knows" are two key parts to that sentence which have not been
>  proven - in fact, the entire incident has merely been alleged.

I get an amusing picture of Jimmy Wales sheepishly handing in a
receipt, trying to forget the *last* time he got a waggy finger for
daring to claim expenses.  Sorry but I'm drawing a complete blank on
seeing this whole discussion as anything other than ridiculous.
Unethical is where you do something *wrong*, not just something that
might make some busybodies mutter a lot.

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