On 12/20/11 2:26 AM, Caligo wrote:
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 2:09 AM, Russel Winder <rus...@russel.org.uk <mailto: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.
We do, and at corporations as well as universities. There are a variety of scheduling issues, but they can be worked out. The main reason we're not doing more is there are not many invitations.
Andrei
