DConf 2013 on kickstarter.com: we're live!

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 10/31/12 8:35 PM, Faux Amis wrote:
> On 22/10/2012 19:25, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding for DConf
>> 2013.
>>
>> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0
>>
>>
>>
>> Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the same.
>> Hope to see you in 2013!
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andrei
>
> Looking at the graph and excluding the super-villains (who are they?)
> the current pool seems close to empty.

We currently have one generous $5K contribution from Andrew Edwards (an 
enlisted US Marine) and another one from Sociomantic.com. Since Andrew 
is not competing for branding or recruiting, we're considering offering 
one extra Kryptonite slot should we receive requests.

Excluding the large contributions is actually not indicative because 
most conferences actually finance via sponsorships.

> There will probably be an end spurt if the goals seems in sight, but as
> it stand I don't see this happening.

The way I see it, we have 16 firm early bird attendees, and we're six 
corporate sponsorships away from reaching our goal. We must make this 
happen.

One thing we could all do is to mention the conference to our recruiting 
managers. This is a golden opportunity to recruit straight in the Bay 
Area. A contribution as simple as offering a conference room for three 
days would mean huge goodwill in the D community for next to no cost to 
the company.

> My reason for not having pledged:
> Too expensive: flight + ticket.
> I will pledge 100$ if that would mean videos.

Understood. Note that if you submit a talk proposal, it's possible (no 
promise though at this point) we'd be able to defray transportation costs.


Andrei