2009/8/27 Anthony <wikim...@inbox.org>: > I agree that companies often misuse the term "partner" for people who aren't > actually "partners" (although I can't think of an example, can you?).
Big banks often do it. I remember reading a news article about Goldman Sachs announcing its new batch of partners. They were all high ranking employees and, as far as know, remained so, just with a new title. > That said, Omidyar Network is an LLC. As a multi-member LLC, you can choose > to run as a corporation, or as a partnership. Considering that Omidyar > Network is basically a venture capital business, it most likely runs as a > partnership, and not a corporation (for tax reasons). So if Omidyar Network > is an LLC treated as a partnership, it has partners, and I highly doubt that > it would list someone as a "partner" on its website unless that person was > actually a partner. That certainly sounds plausible. > It is relevant because if Halprin is a partner with Omidyar Network, LLC, > and doesn't receive any guaranteed payments, then he isn't being paid by > Omidyar Network, LLC to do any particular job. He isn't sitting on the WMF board on behalf of Omidyar either way, so what different does it make? _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
