shops

I am posting to ask two questions regarding nonprofits, consultants and Drupal
shops, and the general direction Drupal is headed. In short, I'd like to
hear your thoughts on whether Drupal is heading in a direction that benefits
nonprofits or leaves many behind. I feel that I need a disclaimer: I'm asking
these questions because I don't know the answer and think some of you will have
great feedback that helps answer the questions, and more importantly improve
Drupal and its community.

1. Is Drupal development getting too expensive, and as a result, pricing many
   smaller (Drupal entry level) NPOs out?
2. Is the professionalization of Drupal -- more modules and themes being
   developed by Drupal shops for paid jobs -- causing more modules, themes and
   improvements to get back to the community and Drupal.org? Or, are more
   and more improvements becoming for clients only?

Sorry for the late notice on this. I guess I should have created the event right when we go off the call, what can I say, December was crazy!

Lets try to have a call on tuesday at 3pm Pacific

I would like to suggest that we talk about Install profiles and drupal 5.0

If we don't have a critical mass (5 participants let's say) well reschedule.
The call-in number is (641) 297-4600
Conference Code 776614#
Back Channel: irc://chat.freenode.net #drupal-shoptalk