Thanks a bunch @dkayiwa for this. I did put a lot of my own sweat into this and I am grateful that it is acknowledged (icing on the cake: by you). But as you said I’m only steering, there is a great team behind it! Kudos to all @Mekom staff members for “getting it” and being dedicated to the community.
Btw I think you raise a very important point about resourcing core community technical activities. And this point is also valid for the Bahmni Coalition.
We try to align our partners and clients business needs with the OpenMRS/Bahmni roadmaps. I would encourage all orgs that do provide paid-for OpenMRS/Bahmni services to be uncompromising in regards to community involvement. It is ok to come to open source solutions in the first place because they are free, or because there is no vendor lock-in, or because of the flexible licensing… etc ; but the only final outcome is that open source means collaborative development, full stop.