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

[Pavlo Shevelo]

> this subject with the project communities? How does this appointment
> have any impact on the activities within the projects?

This question  is equivalent to the question:
How does any appointment to the board have any impact on the
activities within the projects?
isn't it?
... or even
How does the board have any impact on the activities within the projects?
right?

So what is/was the reason to 'elect' community representatives to the board?


On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Sebastian Moleski<sebmol at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> On Aug 26, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Those answers don't address the fact that you've just given a seat on
>> the board to someone that has just given you a big pile of cash. I am
>> open to being convinced that this is a good thing, but you haven't
>> even tried to convince me. I am not arguing that Matt isn't a good
>> choice for the board, I am arguing that the circumstances of his
>> appointment are inappropriate. Had you discussed the general principle
>> of selling board seats with the community you might have got a
>> positive response, but you didn't ask.
>>
> This may be a heretic question but I'd like to pose it anyway: why
> should it be necessary or appropriate for the Foundation to discuss
> this subject with the project communities? How does this appointment
> have any impact on the activities within the projects?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sebastian
>
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