tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post934551723416131771..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Why not Kickstarter?Eric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-14608899067457879002013-05-14T09:36:54.895+12:002013-05-14T09:36:54.895+12:00Great to hear! Have made my pledge... we greatly e...Great to hear! Have made my pledge... we greatly enjoyed the pirate party there this summer.Eric Cramptonhttp://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-74021299231217384032013-05-14T08:30:56.109+12:002013-05-14T08:30:56.109+12:00Thought you might like to see that GapFiller is us...Thought you might like to see that GapFiller is using PledgeMe, which uses the same kind of assurance contracts as Kickstarter, to fund keeping the Pallet Pavilion open for another season: http://pledgeme.co.nz/S/I/1064ellie o'byrnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-11677433822709235592012-03-02T12:58:08.513+13:002012-03-02T12:58:08.513+13:00Agreed Eric, certainty and consistency.Agreed Eric, certainty and consistency.Latsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-53893752933425463852012-03-02T11:32:20.234+13:002012-03-02T11:32:20.234+13:00It would be awfully helpful if folks downtown coul...It would be awfully helpful if folks downtown could get a bit more certainty about constraints on rebuilding.Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-59569761420324468482012-03-02T10:31:27.020+13:002012-03-02T10:31:27.020+13:00Oops, I meant dire straits I think :)Oops, I meant dire straits I think :)Latsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-79910244888142232042012-03-02T08:16:00.525+13:002012-03-02T08:16:00.525+13:00I suspect there are probably more opportunities in...I suspect there are probably more opportunities in Chch now than ever before, for those investors with sufficient nous and resources to risk a punt or two on the redevelopment. The CCC and CERA need to make sure they don't place barriers in the way of potential investors and innovators, but rather that they enact policies to encourage the redevelopment of the inner city. And kick start schemes as described above are one good way of helping heal Chch. Our city is only in dire straights if pessimists rule the day.Latsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-49519334723926509052012-03-01T19:11:24.667+13:002012-03-01T19:11:24.667+13:00Eric is optimistic, he tells us to get into town. ...Eric is optimistic, he tells us to get into town. He does not tell us how to get into town.<br />Lets get them started with reality Eric.<br />The people with money have left.<br />You are alone in your shell of academic.<br />Please give us a detailed map Eric,<br />Please tell us about the joys of the desolate crashed spaces.<br />You are dreaming my academic friend, Christchurch is fucked.peterquixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873112816453062068noreply@blogger.com