[PD] pd~conf 2.0

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Mar 24, 2006, at 12:50 PM, geiger wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> Another approach is to have who ever is planning the next pd~conf  
>> take
>> control of the donations under the guise of whatever organization  
>> that
>> they are working for.  I know Alexandre has talked about hosting  
>> pd~conf
>> at artengine in Ottawa, CA.  They have non-profit status, so they  
>> could
>> accept donations tax-free (AFAIK).  As for Brooklyn, I could do it  
>> as part
>> of Polytechnic University if that gives us tax-free status, or  
>> another
>> arts org that am affiliated with in NYC (there are a couple).
>
> I think this would be the way to go.
>
>>
>> Then the last thing is, I don't think we are really going to get  
>> so many
>> donations.  I've had my donate button up for years and I think I've
>> received around US$250 in total.
>
> This might be a real problem. It would be sort of an experiment.
> I think it has chances to succeed, because you can be fully  
> transparent.
> Everyone knows what the money is used for, you can setup a webpage
> with the donations, how far away we are from the goal, etc.
>
> Maybe it can be combined with other fundings, which in this case would
> be donations too.
>
> But don't know, as I said, not realy experienced in this matter.

This sounds like a workable solution that we can start doing now.  Is  
anyone opposed to setting up a page on puredata.org now and starting  
to collect money expressly for pd~conf?  We should probably make a  
proposal in a new thread.

.hc

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