> > Anyone want to suggest we hold a bake sale?
>
> I will take this opportunity to suggest a probably bad idea but one
> that crossed my mind nonetheless.
>
> I have not actively kept up with this list so forgive me if this can't
> be done, or isn't in line with the community's values, but what about
> doing a Kickstarter campaign for each OpenBSD release? Varying levels
> of support could get the different levels of swag that are already
> distributed: CD/DVD distributions, t-shirts, stickers, etc...
The problem with this model is that once again
- we are the ones who need to supply more;
- we need to promising the goods;
- we are the ones who need to invest;
- we are supposed to do the extra work;
- we are supposed to take time away from coding.
Don't we do enough?
Regarding the swag. The entire OpenBSD project now probably gets 1/4
of revenue out of CD, tshirt sales, but in this model we'd have to
give much of that out to people who contribute, and it will probably
be less.
Remember to add shipping, now paid on this end, instead of by the buyer.
> One could also just contribute $10-$20 to be a supporter, and receive
> nothing material.
$20? To break even with the above issues, call it $100 minimum. Does
it still work? Is there evidence?
And once this turn process on, if it doesn't work, are we even more dead
in the water?
> Nodejitsu recently raised $256k with their Scalenpm campaign. I would
> imagine there are enough people out there who care about OpenBSD too
> whereby a significant amount of money could be raised.
Would that work every year?
I doubt mindshare of this sort works repeatedly.
