I hear what you're saying. Here's my rationale... #1. As far as I know, I'm the only person on the planet who has worked full-time and without pay as a programming language advocate for nearly four years. Did I mention full-time and without pay? So I think you can trust me to deliver, come hell or high water.
#2. For the past four years, I've shown my marketing skills in promoting Smalltalk. If you believe I've done a good job, then you can trust me to convince schools and the media to stand behind the competition. If you don't believe, then ignore me; I cannot convince you otherwise. #3. It is not my style to plan everything in advance and in detail. I do things by the seat of my pants, relying on my organizational skills, communication skills, and intuition. (That's how I develop software, too.) I can picture the whole competition in my mind and I trust my vision. I'm asking others to trust it, as well. If they don't, then this whole thing dies with me. In the final analysis, all I can do is my very best. I am who I am. If you don't believe in me, that's okay. SergeStinckwich wrote > Ok, the subject is completely different and maybe his topic is sensible > for > a lot of people but the concerns are the same. At the end, you need to > convince people to give you money. > > What is your budget ? what kind of competition you will organize ? how you > will convince schools/university to participate ? > How you will reward people for their participation ? > > Sorry to say, people will not give money just because you wrote a > half-page > statement. > > Best, -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html
