Re: [freenet-dev] Berlin or close resident needed, Fundraising opportunity on May 2-5
x...@freenetproject.org: > I won't make any details public about who is involved, but for now I can say: > - It sounds like the politician does indeed like Freenet and is serious in > thinking about how we could acquire further funds. > - This isn't some random local village politician, we're talking about higher > level parliaments! > - One of the main area's of interest of him *is* Internet politics, so he's > perfectly qualified. > I would not get your hopes up too much about this. Definitely don't get in a mental state where you're already thinking about how to spend the money, because this mental state is going to distort your judgment and your adherence to any principles (technical or moral) that you might have held previously. In more practical terms, politicians are not the same people who process funding applications, and the most they will be able to do is "put in a good word". I doubt regional government institutions have much money to give for paradigm-shifting internet projects like this. OTOH if we're talking about EU money, then I hear the sort of bullshit this involves would basically require a full time employee with previous experience to properly handle it. The probability of success would have more to do with how much jargon bullshit they can produce that is "in phase" with whomever processes the application on the EU side, which would create very perverse anti-technical incentives on Freenet's side. That said, do keep an eye out on it, just be critical and not let the money cloud or distract your overall judgment. X -- GPG: ed25519/56034877E1F87C35 GPG: rsa4096/1318EFAC5FBBDBCE git://github.com/infinity0/pubkeys.git ___ Devl mailing list Devl@freenetproject.org https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
Re: [freenet-dev] Berlin or close resident needed, Fundraising opportunity on May 2-5
Good news: It didn't matter that no Freenet developer could attend. My friends managed well on their own to talk with someone from politics. I won't make any details public about who is involved, but for now I can say: - It sounds like the politician does indeed like Freenet and is serious in thinking about how we could acquire further funds. - This isn't some random local village politician, we're talking about higher level parliaments! - One of the main area's of interest of him *is* Internet politics, so he's perfectly qualified. I'll keep you up to date! :) On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 06:52:30 PM x...@freenetproject.org wrote: > Hey folks, > > I recently attended a local Internet politics meetup to speak about Freenet, > at the hope of getting ideas for fundraising. > We turned out to chat about it for 4 hours, and one of the politicians there > likes Freenet and is indeed interested in helping us with acquiring > donations! His plan is to speak to higher level members of the green party > about this. > > He will be at the re:publica "Web 2.0" conference in Berlin, May 2-4. > On Thursday May 5, he'll also attend the screening of a movie from a > politician who he suspects to be able to help. > > I cannot be there myself unfortunately. > So if one of you folks can be in Berlin on May 2-4, and/or ideally on May 5, > it would be nice if you could accompany the guy so he has a Freenet expert > at hand. > > If you are interested, please quickly send me a mail about how you're easy > to be contacted, for example your phone number, as this is next week > already. > > Thanks & Greetings signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Devl mailing list Devl@freenetproject.org https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
Re: [freenet-dev] Berlin or close resident needed, Fundraising opportunity on May 2-5
Great advocacy work Xor :) On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 11:52 AM, x...@freenetproject.org wrote: Hey folks, I recently attended a local Internet politics meetup to speak about Freenet, at the hope of getting ideas for fundraising. We turned out to chat about it for 4 hours, and one of the politicians there likes Freenet and is indeed interested in helping us with acquiring donations! His plan is to speak to higher level members of the green party about this. He will be at the re:publica "Web 2.0" conference in Berlin, May 2-4. On Thursday May 5, he'll also attend the screening of a movie from a politician who he suspects to be able to help. I cannot be there myself unfortunately. So if one of you folks can be in Berlin on May 2-4, and/or ideally on May 5, it would be nice if you could accompany the guy so he has a Freenet expert at hand. If you are interested, please quickly send me a mail about how you're easy to be contacted, for example your phone number, as this is next week already. Thanks & Greetings___ Devl mailing list Devl@freenetproject.org https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl Ian Clarke Stacks - The AI CFO for your personal finances http://trystacks.com/ ___ Devl mailing list Devl@freenetproject.org https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
[freenet-dev] Berlin or close resident needed, Fundraising opportunity on May 2-5
Hey folks, I recently attended a local Internet politics meetup to speak about Freenet, at the hope of getting ideas for fundraising. We turned out to chat about it for 4 hours, and one of the politicians there likes Freenet and is indeed interested in helping us with acquiring donations! His plan is to speak to higher level members of the green party about this. He will be at the re:publica "Web 2.0" conference in Berlin, May 2-4. On Thursday May 5, he'll also attend the screening of a movie from a politician who he suspects to be able to help. I cannot be there myself unfortunately. So if one of you folks can be in Berlin on May 2-4, and/or ideally on May 5, it would be nice if you could accompany the guy so he has a Freenet expert at hand. If you are interested, please quickly send me a mail about how you're easy to be contacted, for example your phone number, as this is next week already. Thanks & Greetings signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Devl mailing list Devl@freenetproject.org https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
