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

[Gregory Maxwell]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Robert Rohde<rarohde at gmail.com> wrote:
> I hedged my language because I don't believe it is that simple.  I do
> believe the money and the seat are linked, but I don't believe just

Thats quite fair, however:

> anyone could buy a seat for $2M.  For example, I doubt Mr. Kohs would
> be seated even if he had $2M to offer

Should we not refer to elected candidates as elected when exactly the
same provision applies?

[snip]
>(Or at least I want to believe that the existing Board is capable of
> walking away from "piles of money" if it came with too many strings
> and conflicts attached.)

There is absolutely no reason to doubt that. None at all. It happens
every single day that the Wikimedia sites do not run advertising.