I would agree that it is a good idea for the Board to be discussing
transfers to the Endowment but perhaps not for the same reasons as SJ. The
money raised by the Foundation has been given by donors, usually in small
amounts, to the Foundation where it is administered by the Board as
Trustees with at least some connection with the Community, some members of
whom have set out in public for the Community their positions on certain
questions of interest and indeed importance to the Community. Transferring
that money to an endowment controlled by a committee of advisors with no
connection with the community, and who have so far made no public
presentation of how they intend to invest or spend the money, seems a
retrograde step, and one that the Board would do well to scrutinise
carefully.
"Rogol"
On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 11:51 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com> wrote:
This is great; thank you, Stephen. It is good to see
additional transfers
to the endowment on the agenda.
Regards, SJ
On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Stephen LaPorte <slaporte(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hi all,
The agenda for the next Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees meeting on
June 16, 2017 is now available on Meta Wiki:
https://meta.wikimedia.o
rg/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_board_agenda_2017-06
Best,
Stephen
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