On 05.02.2012 10:17, Craig Franklin wrote:
The legal safeguards seem to be in place in France (disclosure of highest salaries) to ensure that noone is paid above what the organisation can and should afford, so why the need for total transparency?Let me turn that one around, and ask, what is the justification for /not /having total transparency? I would think that starting with 100% transparency and then selectively blocking out pieces of information only after due consideration is the way to go, especially if the primary source of funding is donations being made by the general public.
This is an interesting position that I've seen expressed a few times now, especially within the Wikimedia universe. But let me ask: why do you think that "starting with 100% transparency" would be appropriate? This isn't a rhetorical question--I'm actually interested in knowing.
I'm happy to share my own thoughts on this but first would like to read your argument.
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