On Monday, 22 October 2012 at 17:25:28 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0

Typo on the front page:
"Some of use are lucky to already use ..."
           ^

On 22 October 2012 18:25, Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail@erdani.org> wrote:
> We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding for DConf 2013.
>
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0
>
> Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the same. Hope to see you in 2013!
>
>

Awesome!

Further to the pledge, if there's anyone from the UK wanting / planning to go to the conference, please be in touch. :-)

Regards
-- 
Iain Buclaw

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Ian,

> Further to the pledge, if there's anyone from the UK wanting / planning to go to the conference, please be in touch. :-)

I am not sure I will be able to get to the D conference, but…

Should we be trying to create a D community in London/Brighton?

Should we be putting together training courses and getting Skills Matter or someone to list them?

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On 10/22/12 10:26 PM, xenon325 wrote:
> On Monday, 22 October 2012 at 17:25:28 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0
>>
>
> Typo on the front page:
> "Some of use are lucky to already use ..."
> ^

Ouch. Fixed, thanks much!

Andrei

On Tuesday, 23 October 2012 at 09:01:41 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
> Ian,
>
>> Further to the pledge, if there's anyone from the UK wanting /
>> planning to go to the conference, please be in touch. :-)
>
> I am not sure I will be able to get to the D conference, but…
>
> Should we be trying to create a D community in London/Brighton?
>
> Should we be putting together training courses and getting Skills Matter
> or someone to list them?

Russel, I have already planned a D workshop @ UCL for this year, but due to some circumstances it is going to be postponed for next year. :( There are few people interested in this and I hope by the time we are ready to do it we will have more.

The workshop will most likely be a part of the CREST Open Workshop programme - http://crest.cs.ucl.ac.uk/cow/ .

Kind regards

On 23 October 2012 10:01, Russel Winder <russel@winder.org.uk> wrote:
> Ian,
>
>> Further to the pledge, if there's anyone from the UK wanting / planning to go to the conference, please be in touch. :-)
>
> I am not sure I will be able to get to the D conference, but…
>
> Should we be trying to create a D community in London/Brighton?
>
> Should we be putting together training courses and getting Skills Matter or someone to list them?
>
> --
> Russel.

Given that now I've moved from the fields of Shropshire to a place closer to the centre of civilisation, I would say this would be a good oportunity to do such a thing.

Regards
-- 
Iain Buclaw

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On Monday, 22 October 2012 at 17:25:28 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> We're on! For one month starting today, we're raising funding for DConf 2013.
>
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083649206/the-d-programming-language-conference-2013-0
>
> Please pledge your support and encourage your friends to do the same. Hope to see you in 2013!
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrei

I have been a committee member of the UK AUA (http://www.iua.org.uk) and I know that the best way to get funding is to find good sponsors. That is my recommendation to you, Andrei. - Try hard to find sponsors for the DConf. Perhaps FSF would help or some other open-source funding organisation?

On 10/23/12 7:10 AM, Dejan Lekic wrote:
> I have been a committee member of the UK AUA (http://www.iua.org.uk) and
> I know that the best way to get funding is to find good sponsors. That
> is my recommendation to you, Andrei. - Try hard to find sponsors for the
> DConf. Perhaps FSF would help or some other open-source funding
> organisation?

I think that's a great idea. I am, of course, trying to bring in Facebook sponsorship. All - please bring the campaign to the attention of interested entities by your employer: recruiters, managers etc.

If you have any contacts that you think I could cold-email, please write me email. In particular, who in FSF would be suitable?


Thanks,

Andrei

On Tuesday, 23 October 2012 at 11:23:08 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 10/23/12 7:10 AM, Dejan Lekic wrote:
>> I have been a committee member of the UK AUA (http://www.iua.org.uk) and
>> I know that the best way to get funding is to find good sponsors. That
>> is my recommendation to you, Andrei. - Try hard to find sponsors for the
>> DConf. Perhaps FSF would help or some other open-source funding
>> organisation?
>
> I think that's a great idea. I am, of course, trying to bring in Facebook sponsorship. All - please bring the campaign to the attention of interested entities by your employer: recruiters, managers etc.
>
> If you have any contacts that you think I could cold-email, please write me email. In particular, who in FSF would be suitable?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrei

The moment I saw the thread I made a thread at LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/DConf-2013-needs-funding-3923820.S.177855009 . I hope people will see it and help.

> Perhaps FSF would help or some other open-source funding organisation?

Wouldn't FSF have issues with the reference implementation's back end not being free software?