[Foundation-l] Wikimedia main office

[Anthony DiPierro]

On 6/4/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> Anthony DiPierro wrote:
> > As for Daniel Mayer being CFO, I think a large portion of what he does
> > (at least, what I've seen him do) could easily (and rather
> > inexpensively) be outsourced.  Sure, someone internal needs to decide
> > on a budget to submit to the board for approval, but that shouldn't be
> > an enormous time-waster.  I've seen it done effectively many times by
> > volunteer committees with absolutely no finance or business
> > background.
>
> I think this seriously undervalues the contribution Mav has made in this
> role.  His deep understanding of the projects, the community, the
> financial needs, and his staying on top of the spending, etc., has been
> of enormous value, and I do not think that it could have been easily
> outsourced at all.
>
> --Jimbo

Not all of what he does could be outsourced, of course.  Some of it
could.  And if it was, he'd have more time to spend applying his
irreplaceable skills.  And he probably wouldn't be as keen on
resigning.

I certainly didn't mean to undervalue the significance of his
contributions.  In fact, that he feels his job could be better
performed by someone else suggests to me that you are the one who is
undervaluing him, by not using him where he is most effective.

Anthony