Tropfest, the festival of fund raising

Dr Mumbo was as sorry as anyone to hear about last year’s cancellation of short film festival Tropfest after undisclosed shenanigans blamed on the management company.

And he was as delighted as anyone when new sponsor CGU Insurance stepped in a few weeks later, to allow the event to go ahead next month instead.

So his eyebrows raised slightly at the weekend’s news that the organisers, led by founder John Polson, would like some more money – $100,000 to be exact.   

They’ve kicked off a crowd funding campaign on funding platform Pozible asking punters to help pay for them to create a new business model.