I've been following this discussion with some interest. Can someone point us to where Sue's compensation, after she left the Executive Director role, was budgeted in the WMF annual plans? That money cannot have come out of nowhere. Which line item, or line items, in the 2015-2016 Annual Plan were tapped for these funds?
A second question. WMF demands exhaustive reporting from affiliates for far smaller amounts of money than Sue received. I am hoping that WMF followed good practice by having a careful accounting of how Sue's time was used to benefit WMF in a manner consistent with the intent of donors when they give to WMF. Is there an accounting for Sue's use of time as a contractor, and if so, in what level of detail do those records exist?
My impression from Jan-Bart's emails was that Sue's role as Special Advisor was a volunteer role, similar to Advisory Board members. Why was Sue's contractor status not disclosed in those emails?
As Lodewijk said, why was Sue not shown on the public list of paid staff and contractors? Interns who earn far less than $300k per year are included on that list; I cannot imagine what good reason there would be to have excluded Sue from the list unless there was an intent to hide that she continued to be paid by WMF.
I am greatly troubled by this situation. It was opaque, the accounting appears to be lax, and the more I look at it the more it seems to have been intentionally concealed in a manner that was inappropriate and designed to avoid transparency and accountability.
Pine