I cant help solving the problem directly. My programming skills are not so good. But if you want I can do other tasks, try to raise money, I dont know. How do I start?
You answered your own question, Luiz :D IMHO sponsoring/organizing a Pd developer meetup would go a long way towards improving Pd as a whole. Getting devs together face-to-face can really get things going and, if you're organization is bringing them there, you can obviously set the tone / focus (aka improving GEM in Pd, etc).
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Dan Wilcox
@danomatika