@bryevdv, you imply:
- pycon US has turned a profit
- my argumentation is disingenious
I would suggest, do not handwave but do the legwork.
It looks like PSF is bleeding money, and pycon US is a loss generating exercise:
Besides that, what do you say about the 50% yearly salary increases for paid PSF staff?
PSF management could also help clearing up this discussion by providing the balance sheet for pycon US 2025 and 2024. Is it really “turning a profit”?
Why did costs increase from 1.8 million to 2.5 million between 2023 and 2024?
How exactly does the revenue sheet look like? The 2023 tax sheet lists only 1.1 million in revenue directly attributable to the “programme service expenses” that you are referring to.
good faith on the part of everyone involved, many of whom are volunteers
But not all of them, some people are more equal. @Deb received 158,905 USD of benefits in 2023, up from 104,077 in 2022, that is a pay raise of more than 50%.
All of your arguments are disingenuous from the start.
Yep, just trash everything with this blanket argument. There is no moral requirement anymore to engage with anything I say.