[Foundation-l] Expert board members - a suggestion

[Domas Mituzas]

Gregory,
> Here are at least a dozen for you, Domas:
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22%241.7+million%22+technology+wikimedia+%22sue+gardner%22

Oh wow, I got my chance to read Valleywag, probably that should be the  
major point of insight for all the efficient non-profit governance,  
right, Gregory?

Now, for those who fail at reading comprehension, let me point out to  
the report from ED to board:
"a desire to defer equipment purchases while various donations and  
sponsorship deals were under negotiation"

We had major sponsorship deals pending, which didn't happen because,  
dear oh dear, bad economy.
Thats why we stretched a bit, and were doing hardware acquisitions  
next FY.

If you think it wasn't worth getting to those talks and trying to get  
free hardware (or second datacenter, or multi-petabyte storage  
expansion, or ...), you seem to be one in the mood of wasting money.
Oh well, we also did some optimization work (volunteers mostly ;-)  
that allowed us to grow a bit longer.

Do note, our major capacity benchmark is September-October season,  
summer season allows us to restructure lots of stuff.

Yes, we could've done hiring faster, and more aggressively I guess -  
which we discussed at the board level (especially at October 3-5  
meeting in 2008).

> Yes, you certainly wouldn't want to click the first returned result:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ 
> Foundation_report_to_the_Board,_May_2008

Thats second to me, first is Valleywag.

Cheers,
Domas