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

[Anthony]

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:

> 2009/8/27 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:
> > I'm not convinced Halprin is even employed by the Omidyar Network.
> >  According to the website, he is a partner.  Partners aren't employees.
>
> I think partners usually are employees, just ones with a stake in the
> business.


You're probably not an accountant who has kept the books of partnerships,
then (at least not in the US).   By law, partners are not employees.
 Payments received by partners for services rendered are "guaranteed
payments", not "wages".