I was going through this thread, saw this comment:
and was thinking... What if we had something like TPE "bounties"? I don't know what the demand would be, and it would probably be fairly infrequent. When an opportunity like this comes up that one or two people could do that benefits the community, I agree we should offer TPE in exchange for their contributions. It would strictly be bounties posted by Staff/Admins with requirements explained in full and TPE payout listed. Completion would be verified and "rubber-stamped" by the Staff member who posted the bounty, and @v.2 as head of PT would approve the TPE submission (just a suggestion...makes sense in my head). The bounties would be stuff like what's mentioned in the linked comment -- something that isn't what you can normally claim for a task or job, not that easy to do, time consuming, and contributes to the community or the forum in a positive light.
I feel like this could open up really good opportunities for both long-time and new-found members.