Somehow I have a sense that making a difference to people's lives, such as the humanitarian efforts in Ghana, will both help people and provide better marketing than spending money on sponsoring conferences. Especially if we ask ourselves what we want to present ourselves as, and who we want to reach. Are we one more crypto project that promises future token growth? Or a better decentralized and more technologically advanced network that can make a foundational social difference? The latter can appeal to the common person, as the common person is greatly dissatisfied with the current political and economic system and is looking for alternatives. We offer an alternative economic system that's not all about token growth but actual functionality.

I don't know of a project that succeeded because it had a large marketing budget. And I know of projects that succeeded wildly with very small marketing budgets.

So I am feeling mixed about the proposal. I really like some of the budget items, and others (like conferences) seem like they could make much more difference if they are redirected to something else.