[Osmf-talk] Anonymous Donations

[nebulon42]

I think that it would be the responsibility and discretion of the board
to make sure that when large sums are donated by an individual or
organisation and a conflict of interest or undue influence could arise
to either refuse the money or request a public donation/inform the
membership.

Additionally, since there is also an annual audit the responsible person
would be allowed to report to the membership that something like that
has occurred if the board refuses to do it themselves. So I think basic
controls and balances for this topic are already in place.

But a certain percentage of the budget to force a donation into the open
as mentioned could also be reasonable.

Michael

Am 2016-11-04 um 13:55 schrieb Frederik Ramm:
> Dear OSMF members,
> 
>     donations to OSMF are anonymous by default. If you transfer £100 to
> our bank account marked as a donation, then we won't tell anybody who
> you are. We'll send you a receipt if you ask for one but that's it.
> 
> ("Anonymous" is not the best word since we know whom the money comes
> from, we just don't share that knowledge. Maybe "confidential" is better
> but I'll stick to "anonymous" for this post.)
> 
> Sometimes, as in the current funding drive, we give donors the option of
> being on a public list, voluntarily overriding the "anonymity" default,
> but that's an exception.
> 
> The OSMF board has been discussing recently in how far such anonymous
> donations might clash with our commitment to transparency.
> 
> We're pretty sure that anonymously taking a donation of £50 or £100 or
> even £500 is acceptable. But what if someone wanted to give us, say,
> £50,000 anonymously? Or even more?
> 
> Is it ok for us to take anonymous donations of any size? Or should there
> be an upper limit or some other conditions attached to donations?
> 
> We would be interested in hearing your thoughts.
> 
> Bye
> Frederik - for the OSMF board
> 

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