[foundation-board] Omidyar funding approved

Tue Dec 13 15:59:46 UTC 2016

Great news - congratulations!

On 13/12/16 09:49, Pavel Richter 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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