Hello Talli,
I love transparency!!! Some time ago the openacs community was discussing transparency alongside this awful quarrel about gatekeepers, contribution etc. so I hope that this is not going to happen again 😊
The project on trimming down OpenACS 4.x could be a great starting point for a *transparency initiative*...
https://openacs.org/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0003za
I believe that transparency and easy contribution are important factors for motivation and innovation (where have I read this 😉...