[Foundation-l] Erik's New Job

Wed Dec 19 18:51:14 UTC 2007

Hoi,
There are opportunities for smooth cooperation when multiple organisations
exchange people in their advisory boards or boards. It cements the relation
and provides for informal contacts that helps smooth the rough edges in the
mutual business practices. High level contacts  definetly help mutual
strategies in a similar way that lower level contacts help mutual practices.

In other words, there are two sides to that coin.
Thanks,
     GerardM

On Dec 19, 2007 7:14 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 19/12/2007, Nathan Awrich <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Out of curiosity, how does Erik serving on other non-profit boards,
> > even of related organizations (assuming they are unpaid positions), an
> > issue that is included in transparency regarding WMF? It would seem to
> > be a personal choice that doesn't affect his performance as a WMF
> > employee.
>
> There are potential conflicts of interest when someone has a
> connection with multiple organisation, especially ones that could
> conceivably do business together.
>
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