[Foundation-l] Akahele: Omidyar venturing out

[Anthony]

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Sage Ross
<ragesoss+wikipedia at gmail.com<ragesoss%2Bwikipedia at gmail.com>
> wrote:

> [Halprin] didn't deny that, in a social rather than
> contractual sense, he was considered for a seat on the board because
> of the grant negotiations; in fact, he basically said that he and/or
> Omidyar Network expressed interest in a seat on the board because of
> the grant negotiations, and as you show, that's pretty typical of the
> way that Omidyar Network interacts with non-profits.
>

He said that?  Where has Halprin or anyone with knowledge of the appointment
said that Halprin was considered because of the grant negotiations?  Where
has anyone even acknowledged that there were grant "negotiations"?  What was
being negotiated?  What were the other offers?