I’m not actually sure these are different concerns—it depends how the logistics work. If the rulership method of the EV trustees is ‘appoint someone, then direct funding to them’, then that’s still a lot of influence. If it’s ‘appoint someone, then let them find their own funding’, it’s quite a lot less so (though those waters could be muddied by funders being implicitly influenced to give funding to anyone under the EV umbrella).
It’s my loose impression that different EVF orgs do need to seek their own funding, at least for stuff that doesn’t fall under EV Ops’ purview (though the latter is not inconsiderable!). I’m not sure I’ve ever seen this laid out explicitly, though, and agree that would help.
though those waters could be muddied by funders being implicitly influenced to give funding to anyone under the EV umbrella
I’m not actually sure these are different concerns—it depends how the logistics work. If the rulership method of the EV trustees is ‘appoint someone, then direct funding to them’, then that’s still a lot of influence. If it’s ‘appoint someone, then let them find their own funding’, it’s quite a lot less so (though those waters could be muddied by funders being implicitly influenced to give funding to anyone under the EV umbrella).
It’s my loose impression that different EVF orgs do need to seek their own funding, at least for stuff that doesn’t fall under EV Ops’ purview (though the latter is not inconsiderable!). I’m not sure I’ve ever seen this laid out explicitly, though, and agree that would help.
Seems right to me, at least directionally.