On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Pete Forsyth peteforsyth@gmail.com wrote:
The cause of this was not the recent drama around the Board, but a recommendation given by the FDC in November 2015, that the WMF should hold its own financial decisions to a standard similar to that expected of the organizations it funds.
Yes, the FDC has been in discussion about this since at least 2013, and my hope is that 2016 will start a good example and tradition.
In principle, the way I see it (and it is my personal view only), there should be different standards for small/grassroot organizations (let's say, up to 100,000$ budget), medium ones (100k-1m), and the large, fully professional ones, including WMF, so I think that as a final outcome WMF should set standards, that will be higher than required from most of the organizations. But one step at a time.
best,
dariusz