On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 2:09 AM, Russel Winder <rus...@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 :-)