Much better feedback. Thanks for taking the time to follow up.

1.) What happened to the multiple companies testing Catapult? Answer: For the most part, if companies are building on a private chain (like Catapult) it is for a reason. They don’t want their data public (or they’d be building on a public chain.) Many companies we’ve been working alongside (not companies under Tech Bureau specifically but those working with NF) are still building and working on their platforms/products. However, it’s also correct to say that the bear winter destablized the ability for some to move forward. I think the subtext of what you’re really asking is “Is Catapult still relevant to companies and are they still interested?” The answer is YES and for most, Q3/Q4 cannot come soon enough.

2.) What´s the situation with the silver coin fund debate? Answer: It’s being discussed by Council but we have nothing to announce yet publically.

3.) What happened to more regular biweekly updates and better communication? Answer: Monthly updates are more manageable because a lot goes into creating these updates. They have to be compiled and translated by global team members. Then the content translated has to go into a review for accuracy and then everything gets posted. This gets derailed when we have to make last minute updates and then go back through localization.This can take up to a week or more. So bi-weekly updates can be a challenge.

That being said, we have a new content team that is putting into place strategies along with a content calendar (for across channels) with dedicated content contributors. Also, we now have video support (again) so there will be bi-weekly video content as well. (We had to wait on the 2nd installment of funding before officially hiring more support staff.) Note: We received the first installment of funding in late-March. It’s now the start of May. It takes time to hire support staff and ramp up.

Not only has our team been working on the strategy and execution toward better communications but also maintaining the health of the NF communication platforms. To be clear – this doesn’t mean NF owns the NEM community. We don’t. But the places we do contribute to is where we work to keep the channels clean of spam, porn, threats, etc while also doing consolidation of important updates. One way to be more effective and OWN the content is to push the content to the forum (vs using Medium.) For example, our Medium account was compromised during elections when a troll abused the system with regards to our Medium account. The result was Medium temporarily froze our official account at a critical time when we needed it the most. So this is why we moved content to forums.

A challenge every online community faces – not just NEM Foundation – is spam and trolling for the sake of undermining the reputation and hard work of those working behind the scenes or even the tech itself. There’s also politics and sabatoge by competing chains that plays a real part in online communities. You can see the channels in other blockchains where the mods aren’t as good and toxicity is rampant. Compared to other industry channels, NEM operates at a higher standard. (Shout out to Mixmaster + admins… thank you.)

I’m going deeper on this topic because I want to share that communications is more than just monthly or bi-weekly updates. Communication involves data collection, analyzing the data, establishing goals, creating an action plan and then tracking progress to ensure accountability. This is what we’re doing now. Community management = strategy, growth, content, moderation, events, relationships/influencers, business integration, and user experience. TL; DR Communications is being revamped and new format will launch this month.

4.) Are there any NDA´s to really restrict you to reveal if NEM has any important partnership with big companies such like Ripple, IOTA and Vechain has? Answer: Yes.

5.) Is there any hope that NEM will get partnership like aforementioned and what´s the reason that´s keeping NF to not getting these deals, IF the tech is really the best? Answer: Just because we don’t disclose all of our partnerships doesn’t mean they don’t exist. It means we’re doing our jobs by protecting the privacy and nature of these partnerships.

6.) Could we see a list of all NF employees and their average salaries, or is it too much of transparency? Answer: No because releasing private information is against the law. Take a look at GDPR.