On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Sage Ross <ragesoss+wikipedia@gmail.comragesoss%2Bwikipedia@gmail.com
wrote:
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Anthonywikimail@inbox.org wrote:
He said that? Where has Halprin or anyone with knowledge of the
appointment
said that Halprin was considered because of the grant negotiations?
Where
has anyone even acknowledged that there were grant "negotiations"? What
was
being negotiated? What were the other offers?
See http://wikipediaweekly.org/2009/08/28/episode-82-matt-halprin-interview/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly/Wikimania_2009/Halpri... (transcript of one section of the interview).
Halprin said: "But I think that at this point in time, I think what Sue would say is, that even if Omidyar Network hadn't gotten involved, once she got to know me that she would have actually said: hey, this is someone who could be helpful for us at this point in time." What's implicit is that Omidyar Network did, in fact, get involved and that's why Foundation people got to know him well enough to decide that he should be added to the board.
The timeline is unclear to me. I was under the impression that Halprin met the board before the grant was discussed. To say that "Halprin was considered because of the grant negotiations" implies that he wouldn't have been considered were there no grant negotiations. To me Halprin is saying the opposite in that quote above.
If Omidyar Networks had not offered a grant, but offered to put Halprin on the board, would the board have accepted it? I don't see anyone with knowledge of the situation saying no.