[Foundation-l] board candidacies

Fri Aug 11 12:00:09 UTC 2006

I am pretty damn sure there was a version which mentioned the 
requirement to be able to spend money yourself. I am going through the 
revision history's later to see where it was.

Waerth

> 
>I am confused by this thread. It is starting with false assumptions (Board  
>members are required to spend their own money for things) and builds on that to 
> create further false assumptions (we have enough dot com millionaires on the 
> Board). 
> 
>To the best of my knowledge: 
>1. The expenses of Board members relating to Foundation work are covered by  
>the Foundation. They do not come from the individual Board members' "personal  
>savings." 
>2. We currently have no dot com millionaires on the Board. 
>3. Paying Board members for Board-related activities can be perceived  as a 
>potential conflict of interests. 
>4. In many non-profit organizations in the US--but not the WMF--Board  
>membership is actually contingent upon making a significant donation to the  
>organization.
> 
>Please get the facts right when complaining about the Board and its  members. 
> 
>Danny
> 
> 
>In a message dated 8/11/2006 1:25:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
>erikzachte at infodisiac.com writes:
>
>Walter  van Kalken:
>  
>
>>I personally feel that one of the big issues is that  people are required
>>to spend their own money for things. This means  that if you life outside
>>of the US, even outside of Florida that your  costs will be prohibitively
>>high. I personally find that one of the  most prohibitive requirements.
>>Many people whom would have the time  and the enthousiasm do not have a
>>bankaccount for that. And that is  one of the reasons I have a lot of
>>respect for Angela and Anthere.  They are willing to spend their personal
>>savings for the betterment of  the projects. People should realize that
>>the next time they start  complaining with them.
>>    
>>
>
>I concur with this entirely. We have enough dot  com millionaires on the
>Board, and the Advisory Board might add  some.
>This is not personal to anyone, those concerned probably just got  their
>priorities right.
>
>What 'saddens' me however is the way Anthere  was treated during the Board
>session last Sunday when the issue of paying  board members was brought up.
>Jimbo made a casual remark to the effect of  "(I'm not sure) we want to pay
>board members, besides it is not allowed by  the bylaws" (paraphrasing here).
>Easy to say in his position. Then someone  made a witty but badly timed joke
>about the situation, the chairman of the  Board might have intervened at that
>moment. I feel it was humiliating for  Anthere. Maybe the bylaws allow other
>board members than Jimmy to accept  well paid invitations for keynote
>speeches?
>
>Erik  Zachte
>
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>foundation-l mailing list
>foundation-l at wikimedia.org
>http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>
>  
>