Fundraising

Starting a new topic to avoid cluttering everything into 1 topic again.


Fundraising has been mentioned before. I don't think it's big enough for Kickstarter, etc. but if we ever had a fundraising just on this site, it would be good to know who that money should go to. Thoughts?

I'd be willing to try a reward system. I'm betting most people here trust you, cap, so how about the money stays somewhere safe under your control, for starters, and then we offer rewards to various tasks. Eg, $20 for the altar of Silva quest, and so on. And then keep some apart for hosting attnam.com, and some to buy a beer for the original devs.
I have no idea if it's a common idea (or even a good one), but it seems to me this would both split any money fairly and at the same time act as an incentive to code.
I'll be sponsoring anyway, though how much I'll have to give remains to be seen.

I love throwing money at projects, so if proposed budget sounds reasonable I would be happy to do my part.

I'll throw in my two cents

But seriously I am happy to make a contribution.

The only other option I could think of was if we just set amounts for every semi-major release and then looked back and estimated the % that people contributed.

But I think your way is simpler and probably better.

I'll be contributing so there's no need to set any aside for hosting but thanks for the thought

what would the money be used for?

Just showing appreciation. I don't think there is any expense that actually needs to be covered

Of course, were it actually feasible to gather a large sum, it could be used to cover full-time development.

Buying underpants? I'd do it just for underpants.

Sounds about right:

Step 1: Raise funds

Step 2: Buy underpants

Step 3: ?

Step 4: New IVAN version!

so its an under-funder now?