IMHO - I think maybe readjusting the proposal to not worry with the "past" work but ask for funding more like the Devs for ongoing future work would go over a ton better with the community and work out the same for you in the end, maybe better monetarily, unless you are not planning to continue the type of work you are doing with hive into the future. Bringing up getting paid for past contributions just doesnt ever seem like a good move in general. Think if a friend did something nice for ya then later sent ya a bill for it; I believe this is analogy conveys the negative emotional community response. Now if you do anything for Hive in the future, people will say "well, is she going turn around an ask for a proposal later to be paid for this?". Does what I am tryina say make sense?