-You could start taking donations and hire some people to work on
D.
This doesn't work as it's a volunteer project. Why should someone get paid when others give their time for free? It would create conflict while being a less effective application of funds, D already gets more than one or two people years of effort per year. A better use of the money is another D conference which has been a huge success and generated both ideas and much greater interest and exposure for D.
