Thanks, that's a very generous pledge indeed.
It opens a huge can of worms though.
Although such a concept sounds fairly simple to do a series of videos for (even if a lot of work), there are just so many permutations that it's practically impossible to cover everything.
And as I do with almost every one of my videos, I get complaints about "why didn't you mention this or that" etc. This would be amplified by such a complex and involved topic, and to top it off I would have had many (or all) of those people pay for the course.
What do I do then? Tell them all politely to "stick it, I'll produce what I want to produce" or forever chase my tail adding and refining the course so everyone is happy?
This is the problem with Kickstarter type projects were you get people's money up front. You have to produce what you promised when you promised, and you have to keep people happy and give them value for money, that's a big burden. AFAIK no one has done this successfully with educational course material before? It sounds very messy and fraught with danger to me.
Also, I suspect that very few people would be willing (or in a position) to donate enough money to make it happen.
And of course, those people who chipped in might get a tad pissed off if I then went and uploaded the content for free to those who didn't pay, or even possibly to those who only payed after the fact.
And perhaps the biggest thing is that this goes against my principle and desire of producing and making all my information open for free regardless of if people pay for it, donate, or whatever.
BTW, Kickstarter is not available in Australia, but there is an Australian equivalent.
Dave.