2009/8/25 geni <geniice at gmail.com https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l>:
- Omidyar Network? They were involved with a 4 million funding round for
*>* wikia back in 2006 no? *>* *>* http://web.archive.org/web/20060422054638/http://www.americanventuremagazine... *>* *>* Appointing yet another person with wikia links looks kinda dicey no? * *" Thomas Dalton* thomas.dalton at gmail.com *Tue Aug 25 17:48:53 UTC 2009*
I have to agree. I'm sure everyone involved is acting with the best of intentions and that any conflicts of interest will be dealt with appropriately, but it doesn't look good. It is really important to consider the PR impact of decisions like this. "
This sounds rather familiar. Let's see... When was the last time that the Wikimedia Foundation might have been caught red-handed, putting itself into a situation that favored Wikia in a financial manner, using tax-advantaged funds, in a way that was not entirely open to public scrutiny, but was then poo-poohed as insignificant and trivial by those who trust implicitly that Wikia and the Wikimedia Foundation are "entirely separate" and that there couldn't POSSIBLY be any appearances of self-dealing?
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2009-January/049340.html
Oh, yeah, that's it.
How are you feeling about this, now, Mr. Dalton, given that the evidence just seems to keep piling up?
2009/8/25 Gregory Kohs thekohser@gmail.com:
This sounds rather familiar. Let's see... When was the last time that the Wikimedia Foundation might have been caught red-handed, putting itself into a situation that favored Wikia in a financial manner, using tax-advantaged funds, in a way that was not entirely open to public scrutiny, but was then poo-poohed as insignificant and trivial by those who trust implicitly that Wikia and the Wikimedia Foundation are "entirely separate" and that there couldn't POSSIBLY be any appearances of self-dealing?
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2009-January/049340.html
Oh, yeah, that's it.
How are you feeling about this, now, Mr. Dalton, given that the evidence just seems to keep piling up?
I don't see any evidence of bad faith. I see evidence of people doing deals with those they know well in a manner that is commonplace in business without realising that it isn't appropriate for a charity.
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