Nah man, understand where you are coming from, but you also have to balance it with respect to the organization that you represent. This is the DAO paying contributors which is independent but could be inclusive of PNI employees being paid as well - that’s up to the voters.
Yes, a bit weird given your organization was given a lucratively amount of POKT from initial token genesis, PNF, and the DAO from the early beginnings. If you have questions on where that USD and POKT went, escalate to your EM and leadership first. I’m not opposed to it, but I do think we need to start diversifying into other communities first.
Anyhow - this conversation can easily derail really fast. If PNI protocol engineers or employees feel unfairly compensated (even after PEP-49), I think we should open up a conversation about that. Jinx has opened up some of these conversations already: Compensation Structure for DAO Contributors - #38 by Caesar