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

Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com
Thu Aug 27 15:42:13 UTC 2009


2009/8/27 Joshua Gay <joshuagay at gmail.com>:
> When Matt Halprin is on the board of Wikimedia, he is doing his job for
> Omidyar Network. So, when we read, a statement like:

I'm not familiar with the relevant US law, but in the UK that would be
illegal. A trustee has a legal obligation to do what they think is
best for the charity, not anyone else. I would be surprised if that
wasn't the case in the UK.



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