2009/8/27 Anthony wikimail@inbox.org:
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Guillaume Paumier guillom.pom@gmail.comwrote:
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Gregory Kohsthekohser@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.