Hey,
I've read most of the topic on my blackberry so might have missed some point but I'm surprised of the reactions.
In my opinion there's only two questions "Is OM an organisation close to WMF and supporting other NPO sharing some of WMF goals ? " the answer is yes. So I don't see the problem in receiving a 3m$ donation from another NPO sharing some goals with the WMF.
Second question, is " Does Matt Halprin brings interesting skills to the current board ?" and yes it does.
So we have a really huge donation made by a friendly organisation and an interesting new board member and then we still have people moaning...
Anyway, I, for one, am really happy with receiving 1/3 of last year budget in one donation, in-kind donations and a great new board member.
All the best,
Christophe