I guess I can't vote for you, but if anyone of those in charge reads this - as a non-professional and somewhat new to hive (1 year), Meno has helped me a lot in understanding how things work AND provided the tools in form of Snapie (which I use daily and try to spread to other people as a gateway-dru...app) and 3speak (which I'm not as active on as I wished, since I have not much of a clue about video content).
And he's absolutely right about the wage stuff. I live in the same country, and it's kind of impossible for me to enjoy anything based in the US. Even smaller subscriptions are a luxury, like Netflix. It would be great if he and his peers could get some support for their work on Hive.