Final thing I have been considering in regards to ...
# saint-maker
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Final thing I have been considering in regards to setting up the Open Collective, is how we describe what we are doing. Within the Catholic context, the idea of the Saint Maker and the University makes sense, but for those outside this context (presumably those who are running the Fiscal Host we will be approaching) having a more general way of explaining our goal would be helpful. Given the propensity for supporting open source software by Open Collective, I think we can lean into that angle, basically saying we are a group that wants to fund the building of open source software within the Catholic ecosystem. I think that fits with what we are trying to do with the Saint Maker, but also it does highlight the importance of what we are trying to do: since there is such a dearth of open source software within the Catholic software realm. On the church side, everything is stupid expensive, because there are only two companies, both making highly specialized software, but stuff that is honestly pretty simple, but without real competition they can charge whatever they want. And they do. So yes, I think it's honest and overall a good thing to say that our mission as an organization (at least in regards to Open Collective) is to provide funding for open source software projects within the Catholic ecosystem.