[foundation-board] Omidyar funding approved

Tue Dec 13 12:01:57 UTC 2016

Super news - thanks for the news and for all of your hard work pulling this
off.

HT

On 13 December 2016 at 09:57, Karin Christiansen <
karin at karinchristiansen.org> wrote:

> Wonderful news!  And a nice Christmas present.
>
> I also thing that the proposal that Andrew become this observer is a great
> idea. If it okay with everyone, I will assume it is okay, unless you let me
> kno in the next day or so. And we can do something a little more formal at
> the next board meeting.
>
> Best
> Karin
>
> On 13 Dec 2016 10:49 a.m., "Pavel Richter" <pavel.richter at okfn.org> wrote:
>
> Dear Board,
>
> it is my pleasure to let you know that the Omidyar Network has approved
> our grant request for 1.5 Million USD of unrestricted funding over two
> years!
>
> As part of this, they are suggesting to replace Martin Tisne with Andrew
> Clark as Board observer. Andrew has been very close to Open Knowledge over
> the last months, and he and I worked very closely together over the whole
> grant application process.
>
> Please note that all of this information is embargoed for now, until the
> grant letter has been signed and we have coordinated with Omidyar about
> press releases.
>
> --
> Kind regards
>
> Pavel Richter
> CEO
> Open Knowledge International
>
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