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

[Marcus Buck]

Sebastian Moleski hett schreven:
> This may be a heretic question but I'd like to pose it anyway: why  
> should it be necessary or appropriate for the Foundation to discuss  
> this subject with the project communities? How does this appointment  
> have any impact on the activities within the projects?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sebastian
>   
The foundation is nothing. The foundation has no meaning by itself. It's 
just a real-world manifestation of the spirit that is our community. 
This manifestation is necessary, cause the community as a diffuse object 
cannot do things like buying servers, signing treaties etc. The 
foundation is an avatar. This is the sole reason why a foundation 
exists. To enable the community to act outside cyperspace. Therefore 
ideally there should be no decision without knowledge and acceptance of 
the community.

Marcus Buck
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