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[Caligo]

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 2:09 AM, Russel Winder <russel at russel.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Musicians are coming up with new ways of funding things that is working
> very well.  Pre-sales.  Put out the road-map and business plan for an
> album or concert.  Take bookings and money before committing to
> anything, then you have the cash float to make commitments.  Organizing
> it from cash flow means no need for sponsors.  Except that once the show
> realization is on the road you can inform the sponsors of what a
> successful event this is going to be and how they are going to look bad
> if they are not there.
>
> PyCon UK (un)conferences tend to get organized on this model these days.
>
> Obviously though it is all about having the contacts who can commit
> budget.


I don't understand why Walter, Andrei, or other D experts aren't going to
universities to give talks.  As far as I know it costs no money.  At least
it didn't cost us anything to set up an even when we were activists.  You
just need to ask and reserve a room, such as an auditorium.  It doesn't
have to be some official corporate sponsored DCon.  Don't forget a YouTube
version :-)
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