Risker, perhaps you missed this part of Patricio's message; I'm pretty sure this is what Pine was referring to:
In re-reading Jan-Bart’s original email [1] where he stated that Sue was
staying on as an advisor, it isn’t explicit that this was a paid position. We should have been more clear on this point.
Speaking for myself, along with Patricio, I do appreciate Sue's willingness to disclose information, presumably in the interest of resolving this matter. I am accustomed to Sue acting in the best interest of the Wikimedia movement, but we shouldn't take it for granted; this would all be a much bigger fiasco without that bit of information.
I do think it helps a great deal to know that, but it doesn't dismiss all the important questions. Many of us (who are used to the term "advisor" being used only for the unpaid advisory board) were surprised to learn there was compensation at all. In addition, I'm not so happy to hear from James Heilman (in a Facebook comment) that he was unaware of Sue's availability as a paid advisor during his tenure as a Trustee.
-Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]]
On 6/7/16, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
I think Patricio would be surprised that you have interpreted his email that way, Pine. There's nothing in his email that says anything about proactive disclosure of the salaries of individual employees or contractors. It would probably be appropriate to extend your thanks to Sue, who has agreed to the posting of her own direct salary for the 2015-16 fiscal year, despite the fact that it would not come close to the Form 990 reporting threshold.
Risker
On 7 June 2016 at 20:42, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you for pointing that out, Risker. The emails indeed cross paths and I did not see it.
The point remains: the standard is proactive disclosure, not minimum and delayed disclosure. The latter happened, and it is not ok. It is a relief that Sue was not getting $300k per year as an advisor, which helps the situation considerably. Regardless, there should have been proactive disclosure. I am glad that Patricio agrees. I think that we should consider more robust accounting procedures in the future. I do not appreciate being blindsided.
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