'Deals' and other 'preferential' arrangements can be easily avoided .... The WMF can deal with others in public at competitive rates.
If the vendor wishes to make donations to the WMF they can do so and get a tax deduction!
Regards, Richard.
On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen466@gmail.com wrote: <snip>
Transparency is a fundamental WMF value.
Nobody here is talking about vendor agreements; at least I am not. I have no problem whatsoever with your scenario. If the WMF enters into an umbrella agreement or business deal with Google or whoever, then that is something the community should know. If the WMF gets computer hardware at a preferential rate, absolutely no one is interested in that.
Andreas
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On 2/29/16 6:15 PM, Richard Ames wrote:
'Deals' and other 'preferential' arrangements can be easily avoided .... The WMF can deal with others in public at competitive rates.
If the vendor wishes to make donations to the WMF they can do so and get a tax deduction!
It wasn't a great example, but I think most people got my basic intention - things like standard boilerplate language to be signed by all employees doesn't strike me as something in and of itself to be kept private - there is a valid interest in showing that our policies are fair and humane for employees, responsible in terms of the privacy of personal information, etc.
And yet there are plenty of cases where things can and should be held privately for a variety of very good reasons.
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