In reply to Miroslav Glavić.

Miroslav, I agree that being well-known in the community would greatly help. To be entirely honest, I think the best chance would have someone who is US-based, well-know, possibly done some work for the community, etc. We unfortunately didn't have that and it couldn't be easily "fixed" but on the other hand, we had the idea and the determination to covert that into something real. There are campaigns where both things come hand in hand, see e.g. John O'Nolan's Ghost project, but sometimes you simply have to accept that you'll have some disadvantages and try anyway.

In a way, I am amazed that our campaign went at least as well as it did. People contributed right till the end, even when it was clear that we won't reach the goal. It was a humbling moment. There were many positive things about the campaign, and even though it certainly could have gone better in some ways we were reasonably happy with the outcome. And I guess that's the most important thing.