On 6/4/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)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