@mupuf it doesn't have to be spec work. And you have to trust people at some point.
Sure the org has to decide on what to spend money on, but that doesn't have to be the board itself.
We could appoint a group of people we trust to decide what's worth spending money on which also addresses dire needs in the Linux desktop. Maybe even focus on underfunded areas.
Maybe the CoC team can do it to improve inclusion of people we left behind.