George Herbert wrote:
On 8/11/06, Anthere <anthere9(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
What would we do if B. Gates Foundation gave us 1
000 000 dollars ?
(that's a serious question)
Not serious response: race to semi- or fully protect the Bill Gates
Foundation and Bill Gates articles, before the vandals accusing them of
trying to buy Wikipedia could hit?
This is a great example of the difference between WikiPedian and
WikiMedian thinking.
Serious answer: I have been watching how Bill is
donating money; he seems to
be very selective and very engaged in the decision process of who to give
money to, but conversely isn't (that I can recall) generally insisting on
becoming engaged in the management of organizations he is funding.
That's a more likely scenario. There's a physical limit to the number
of boards that the guy can sit on.
That is not to minimize the question - if we
generalize, if Joe Random
Billionare comes to the WMF with a million dollar donation check and asks
for a board seat in return, it's still a completely valid policy question.
And could well be a realistic problem.
This is where the advisory board comes in.
Ec