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

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/8/25 Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com>:
> Omidyar Network Commits $2 Million Grant to Wikimedia Foundation
>
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> SAN FRANCISCO and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ --
> Omidyar Network today announced a grant of up to $2 million over two
> years to the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that
> operates Wikipedia, one of the world's top 5 most visited websites.
> The Wikimedia Foundation has also appointed Matt Halprin, a partner at
> Omidyar Network, to its Board of Trustees.

Hmmm... I'm not sure the community will be very happy with the idea of
selling seats on the board (which is what this looks like, however
good a board member he may be).