Re: [racket-users] my best idea ever: become a sponsor of RacketCon 2016

2016-04-13 Thread Matthias Felleisen
> On Apr 13, 2016, at 12:54 AM, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > > For those who'd like to "give back" to Racket, but who are not in a position > to sponsor the convention, some other things that lots of people do: > > * Contribute open source packages. > * Help out on the email list. > * When you've us

Re: [racket-users] my best idea ever: become a sponsor of RacketCon 2016

2016-04-12 Thread Neil Van Dyke
For those who'd like to "give back" to Racket, but who are not in a position to sponsor the convention, some other things that lots of people do: * Contribute open source packages. * Help out on the email list. * When you've used Racket successfully, tell the email list. (For stealth-mode, th

[racket-users] my best idea ever: become a sponsor of RacketCon 2016

2016-04-12 Thread Matthew Butterick
I just sent $2000 to become a sponsor of this year's RacketCon. That's an increase from the $1500 I put in last year, and $1000 the year before that. I haven't been to all the RacketCons. But I know from going to the last few that Vincent St-Amour and Matthew Flatt have kept raising the bar. The