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

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
hear hear  !!
Thanks,
     Gerard

2009/8/26 Christophe Henner <christophe.henner at gmail.com>

> Hey,
>
> I've read most of the topic on my blackberry so might have missed some
> point but I'm surprised of the reactions.
>
> In my opinion there's only two questions "Is OM an organisation close
> to WMF and supporting other NPO sharing some of WMF goals ? " the
> answer is yes. So I don't see the problem in receiving a 3m$ donation
> from another NPO sharing some goals with the WMF.
>
> Second question, is " Does Matt Halprin brings interesting skills to
> the current board ?" and yes it does.
>
> So we have a really huge donation made by a friendly organisation and
> an interesting new board member and then we still have people
> moaning...
>
> Anyway, I, for one, am really happy with receiving 1/3 of last year
> budget in one donation, in-kind donations and a great new board
> member.
>
> All the best,
>
>
> Christophe
>
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