Dan Rosenthal wrote:
Maybe someone can help answer this question for me.
Erik is now the Deputy ED. I assume that this is the position that was budgeted for in the ED's budget. Erik presumably approved that budget while he was on the board. Now he is the recipient of a salary that he approved in his board tenure? Is that correct?
No, I don't believe it is. Perhaps you missed the announcement last week on this list, which identified Cheryl Steffen as the new personal assistant to the Executive Director. http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-December/035917.html
I'm not sure what part of the budget Erik's salary would come from. Since the plan is for Brion to report to Erik, perhaps it's anticipated that it would fall under the "Technology" area. Given the position, it could also be considered "Finance and Administration", or the budget might split the assignment of his salary across multiple areas. The published "planned spending distribution" doesn't go into detail about individual salaries, nor would it necessarily be expected to.
I also note that the budget was approved October 6, whereas the resolution appointing Sue as Executive Director (from which Erik recused himself) was passed November 26. If his new position was offered between those two dates, then I wouldn't consider it improper for him to have voted to approve the budget.
--Michael Snow