[Foundation-l] Accepting airline miles as donations

[Dan Rosenthal]

I did miss it. I also don't really care too much about it. It's not  
that much of an expense anyway. My broader objection was to the  
characterization of the foundation's mission and type in general; the  
scholarships aspect of it was pretty much an aside.

-Dan
On Mar 5, 2008, at 2:44 AM, Michael Snow wrote:

> Dan Rosenthal wrote:
>> On Mar 5, 2008, at 12:48 AM, Brianna Laugher wrote:
>>
>>> I am grateful and pleased that the Foundation takes its commitment  
>>> to
>>> being a worldwide organisation seriously. It really shows respect  
>>> for
>>> the community. That's necessarily going to mean more travel than  
>>> other
>>> not for profits that don't have such a global angle.
>>>
>> To be clear, the foundation (that is not in the most secure of
>> financial positions) giving grants for people to attend a conference
>> is respect for the community/commitment to being a worldwide
>> organization? I'd think things like having projects in every possible
>> language, greater translational support etc, are better metrics of a
>> commitment to being a worldwide organization. The Wikipedia Academies
>> in Africa are a commitment to being a worldwide organization. I fail
>> to see how paying for people to go to Wikimania is the same thing.
>>
> Perhaps you missed Phoebe's explanation, not very long ago, that the
> foundation did not use its general funds to pay for scholarships to
> attend Wikimania, but only administered the money of outside
> organizations donated specifically for that purpose? (I take it the
> foundation did cover travel of officers and staff directly, which is
> worth evaluating, but that doesn't seem to fit under this complaint.)
>
> --Michael Snow
>
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