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