On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 21:26, Gregory Maxwellgmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Guillaume Paumierguillom.pom@gmail.com wrote: [snip]
It is very common for members of the board of a non-profit organisation to donate money to support this organisation.
It was my understanding that the appointment was of Matt Halprin, not the Omidyar Network.
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Robert Rohderarohde@gmail.com wrote:
However, in this case, even if we assume the seat was outright "bought" for $2M, I don't think there are
I'm not sure why people are behaving as though there is any ambiguity on this point. The Omidyar Network agreed to make a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation with the understood condition that their representative would receive a seat on the board.
If you're going to be consistent with your first comment (above: appointment is of Matt Halprin, not ON), then the word "representative" is probably not the right one.
(not denying any connection or anything, just pointing out semantics)
Delphine