On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Anthony <wikim...@inbox.org> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Gerard Meijssen < > gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> When I read that people with a seat on the board aren't supposed to be >> paid, >> I hope you mean that they are not paid by the Wikimedia Foundation. > > > No, what I mean is they aren't supposed to be paid *for being board > members*. At least that is my understanding of the intent of the WMF > bylaws. I don't necessarily agree with it, but thems the rules, it seems. >
I'd also say that if a board member is being paid, by someone other than the foundation, for being a board member, that's much worse than them being paid, by the foundation, for being a board member. The Wikipedia community doesn't even want people being paid by third parties to write articles. And that's an action that anyone else can revert. I'm not sure I agree with that one, since anyone can revert an article, but board member votes can't be reverted. Please note that I am not accusing Halprin of being in this situation. That was something claimed by Joshua Gay, and I'm merely saying that *if* that's true, it's a problem. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
