My post on "how to pay maintainers" (which maybe I should have subtitled: "step 0: you pay in cash, not lip service") has been graciously republished by @allthingsopen. I won't make it to the conference this year but my delightful co-worker (and NC native) Lauren Hanford will be there, talking about open and maintainers!
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/a-how-to-guide-for-paying-open-source-maintainers