I'm honestly not sure why we are fund-driving this from individuals, 
when the conference is, according to it's organizers, already 
sufficiently funded.  So, no, I see no reason to up the goal.

On 1/13/2011 10:25 AM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote:
> Great job Code4Lib!
>
> You've collectively contributed $960 towards the sponsorship of our
> 2011 conference!  The goal was arbitrarily set at $1000, so we're only
> $40 short of that...<salesmans_voice>Anyway want to pitch in those
> final dollars? 5, 10, 20?</salesmans_voice>
>
> Also, curious as to whether folks think we should up the goal or stay
> with $1000.  I'm thinking we could take the answer from whether anyone
> pitches in after we've reached the $1000 point.  If someone
> contributes something over $1000, we can take that as a vote to bump
> up the goal a bit ($500).  Otherwise, given a little time for people
> to think about it, I'll just go ahead and send these funds into
> Indiana as "The Code4Lib Community" sponsorship.
>
> On a personal note, I think this level of participation is really
> cool.  Thanks to Dan for the idea to have a community sponsorship!
> It's been fun to pitch in and see others do the same...
>
> Kevin