[Foundation-l] Omidyar Network Commits $2 Million Grant to Wikimedia Foundation

Steven Walling steven.walling at gmail.com
Tue Aug 25 21:47:21 UTC 2009


I think everyone needs to calm down a little.
Remember that we just got 2 million dollars to further our mission, and that
the board seat appointment (which isn't an unusual practice, at least in my
experience) does nothing to impede our work and the positive impact we can
have. It's the exact opposite, in fact.

Steven Walling

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > 2009/8/25 Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org>:
> > > More importantly, please review the questions and answers page about
> the
> > grant.
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Omidyar_Network_Grant_August_2009QA
> >
> > How can you have a Q&A on a topic like this that doesn't even address
> > the matter than you have sold a seat on the board?
>
>
> I notice it doesn't address the matter that they have stopped beating their
> wives, either.
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