On 6/4/06, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
Anthony DiPierro wrote:
As for Daniel Mayer being CFO, I think a large portion of what he does (at least, what I've seen him do) could easily (and rather inexpensively) be outsourced. Sure, someone internal needs to decide on a budget to submit to the board for approval, but that shouldn't be an enormous time-waster. I've seen it done effectively many times by volunteer committees with absolutely no finance or business background.
I think this seriously undervalues the contribution Mav has made in this role. His deep understanding of the projects, the community, the financial needs, and his staying on top of the spending, etc., has been of enormous value, and I do not think that it could have been easily outsourced at all.
--Jimbo
Not all of what he does could be outsourced, of course. Some of it could. And if it was, he'd have more time to spend applying his irreplaceable skills. And he probably wouldn't be as keen on resigning.
I certainly didn't mean to undervalue the significance of his contributions. In fact, that he feels his job could be better performed by someone else suggests to me that you are the one who is undervaluing him, by not using him where he is most effective.
Anthony