Hi,
Just to feed the troll:
1) Just because you don't remember doesn't mean your interpretation is true. Its
not true, I was there (and haven't forgotten) and it isn't true. Please feel free
to continue doubting me, but:
2) Honestly I don't see the relation to the EFF & BItcoins discussion, so:
Please continue doubting in private,or start a new thread if you feel that this is
important enough to discuss separately (because you forgot…)
About the bit coins discussion:
Its interesting to see how an incident such as a hack of bit coins can affect the trust
being placed in this currency. This brings interesting consequences with regards to
Wikimedia donations being made possible in bitcpoins. In a way donations of bit coins are
similar to donations in stock/shares (they both could fluctuate in value). That would mean
that all things being equal we would simply accept a donation in bit coins and convert it
to US Dollars (being a US foundation) to ensure that the donation would not lose value
(also preventing any gain in value unfortunately)….
I have no say in this (we have much smarter people for that ;) , but I am not sure what
value we would then add to the Bitcoins proposition…
Jan-Bart
On Jun 22, 2011, at 7:14 PM, MZMcBride wrote:
Michael Snow wrote:
I thought it was reasonably understandable, even
without perfect
grammar, that Ting was saying that since Matt is no longer at Omidyar,
if your insinuation were true, when he left the foundation would have
needed to bring in someone new from Omidyar to fill "their" board seat.
I figured that out, and honestly I wasn't even aware until now that Matt
had left Omidyar.
I'm not sure it counts as an insinuation if it's true. They bought a Board
seat. Honestly, I don't remember much dispute about this point when it
happened in 2009 and looking back at the press releases at the time, it
doesn't seem as though anyone was trying to hide this point. My original
comment was only to say that if someone else (another group or organization)
were willing to put up $2 million or more, another Board seat would probably
become available. It's not as though the Board is incapable of changing its
own structure to meet outside demands.
MZMcBride
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