<div dir="auto">Perhaps it was not clear in the minutes but I plan to sort through the books over the holidays and report back at the next board meeting.</div> <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 4:54 PM Martin Guy <<a href="mailto:martinwguy@gmail.com">martinwguy@gmail.com</a>> wrote: </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 23/12/2020, Walter Bender <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > MISSION > Sugar Labs® is a volunteer-driven member project of > Software Freedom Conservancy, a nonprofit corporation. Nice words, but what I see from down here is that the leading developers are the paid ones (who not only do the work they're paid to do but also shoulder other duties such as board membership. mentoring and being a generous knowledge base) If that also seems to others to be the reality that we have, that suggests an alternative view, to consciously use SL's funds to fund development, with openness about what it pays to whom to do what, and the developer's duty to itemize in public the hours spent on each assigned task, and the progress made as a result, since that seems to be a more effective path than simply wailing "We need more volunteers!" To this end, drawing a line under the past financial accounting, taking stock and relaunching it with greater transparency might be one way to help SL achieve its technical goals, as well as encouraging more and more generous donations when current or potential donors can see how cost-effective their funds are. Just my 2 cents... Season's greetings M </blockquote></div>