[WikiEN-l] Jimmy Wales in the news

Anthony wikimail at inbox.org
Wed Mar 5 00:05:06 UTC 2008


On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 4:30 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 04/03/2008, Alec Conroy <alecmconroy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  >  The bigger problem are the allegations mentioned in the article about
>  >  use of foundation funds.  Three specific claims are made:
>  >  -Jimbo tried to expense a $300+ bottle of wine
>  >  -Jimbo tried to expense a massage parlor visit
>  >  -Wikimedia foundation took away Jimbo's credit card.
>  >  Obviously, of it any of that were true, it would be super bad, and
>  >  nothing can be done but watch it play out.
>  >  But, far more likely, if it's false, the foundation needs to find out
>  >  that it's false, and then get that word out ASAP.  I haven't seen them
>  >  say it's not true.   I haven't looked hard, but then-- nobody else out
>  >  there is looking hard either.   If I haven't seen "the facts" on the
>  >  issue, neither has almost everyone else.
>
>
>  Sue Gardner did answer on Danny Wool's blog, fwiw.
>
It's worth nothing.  Sue Gardner wasn't there when these things happened.



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