I was not aware of @cbrsphilanthropy before this post ... it is indeed an admirable model of transparency. I have given them a follow and will watch their progress with much less consternation than the drama at hand gives me.

I suppose I was just raised differently than others ... I'm not even going to the store for you without bringing a receipt, your change, and a solid accounting for anything that costs more than was expected on that receipt (which sometimes happens in these inflationary times) that can be independently confirmed. So, it is incomprehensible to me that any project leaders should think they are entitled to $1M a year without providing at least the basics. I have read enough comments to know that part of the rationale is that some money is being spent on getting into conferences where leaders of said conferences don't want everyone to know who they spend on and how much ... but that's to me ANOTHER red flag ... so, we're spending money with people who don't want to do things above board ... but we're above board? It just doesn't make sense to me.

It also doesn't make sense from the viewpoint that Google is sometimes our friend, and therefore the best information in the English-speaking world on how to spend money to get Hive adopted is readily available from Chainalysis -- we know what the top 20 countries are. In that light, Venezuela makes sense with proper accounting, but the geopolitical realities mean that without proper accounting, that can be incredibly dangerous for all involved. Without proper accounting, trouble will arise from everywhere.

To me this is truly sad, because VP has funded some wonderful initiatives that I think many people would vote to see preserved ... but those same initiatives will be sullied with suspicion if this cannot be resolved with transparency.

To your points ... Nos. 2-3 and No. 7 I think would have massive purchase going forward, but I think a challenge we have on Hive is that many people in high places don't want to accept that Hive is largely a social media platform and that content creators are needed. I think some want to pivot to get more people here developing apps and games to bring in revenue ... the problem is, people like that can handle numbers quite well, and can quite quickly determine that some things aren't adding up.

There is a lot of information to digest in your post, individually and for the community as a collective ... there's a lot I wouldn't have ever guessed was being alleged. I already am voting the Return Proposal, with deep regret ... again, there are some initiatives in VP I want to support ... but can't. I've been down these roads in the real world in relatively high-stakes asset and finance matters; I already know this has to be cleared up before we can safely move forward.