Modernize text re contracting

Author: jdswinbank

finance/process/request-funding.md

@@ -48,13 +48,10 @@ Payment will be made to you directly by NumFOCUS, typically within 30 days after
 
 ## Contract Work
 
-*Our intent is to build this into a process that allows both existing and potential new contributors to propose ideas for funding by the Astropy community but this requires time to develop a process for balancing different priorities for limited funding.
-In 2020, funding a fixed amount of funding, not based on numbers of hours worked, was offered to current Astropy maintainers and no more funding is available for the 2019-2020 budget year.
-In later years, the funding will be distributed in other ways, and the Interim Finance Committee is working out a fair and open process.
-The committee welcomes input on project goals and processes that should be funded.*
+The Finance Committee expects to continue to periodically organize calls for proposals of work that could be carried out under contract based on the terms of available funding.
+The Committee aims to make this process as fair and open as possible; your feedback is welcome at any time.
 
-The text below describes how the current contracts were handled and
-how current contractors should report expenses and invoices.
+In addition, we accept proposals for ad hoc contracts any time, following the procedure described below.
 
 ### Contracts