I've been in the Bitcoin scene since early 2012 and helped incubate the community in NYC from only a few people to what it is today. Since I run a tech shop in nyc, I donated my space to the community to foster its growth. I also played a large part in pushing forward the first Bitcoin fair in nyc and getting vendors to adopt crypto.We all know that NXT is still quite new to many in the crypto space and its lacking people to help market it in a positive light. Currently the only way its marketing itself is via the features that are built into it. People are coming for the unique features it has, but it doesn't really have a dedicated team nor gigantic budget like Ethereum. So right now it seems that much of it is reliant on volunteers to help promote it. This can only go so far as one can only do so much out of their own time to help educate others about this platform.Since most of the free bitcoin events here are run by a few volunteers, we were limited in what we were able to do since there was no budget for anything. As the community grew, I wanted to go the route of getting sponsors to pay for even the simplest things like food/drinks/flyers/marketing materials. But even that requires constant effort to go out and pitch to companies. Bottom line, we need some type of funding to move things along to get something promoted in an organized manner.Aside from owning a tech shop, I'm also a Drupal developer and have been in that open source community for over 7 years. I really love how they run their community as its one of the largest and active open source movements. They actually have a division in their community called the "Drupal Association" which handles all the marketing, promotion, and organization of events. (watch video: https://assoc.drupal.org ) All their events in NYC are free and funded by community support. I wanted to push this forward in the Bitcoin space, but I feel it would not work as there are too many Bitcoin players right now working on their own projects.I feel the NXT community is still small enough where this can still be possible. NXT can kickstart this similar association where it encompasses the promotion of NXT, Bitcoin, and any other coin that shows promise. Since Bitcoin still has a greater network effect compared to NXT and the initial promotion of NXT must also accompany Bitcoin. We have to give a sense of community instead of rivalry when involving other coins.I'm willing to dedicate some of my resources (employees/time) to making this possible. Here is my proposal to help foster the growth of the NXT community here in NYC and give assistance to other global meetups & events:--- its long, so give it some time to read it through.------------------------------Let’s discuss and see what we can come up with… If you support this, please post below.------------------------------