I get your point and I understand it, but there is another point, reaching professionals is also important for small studios like me, we have to act fast to be able to prepare bugets and teams in time, so having contacts in advance is a must if we want to be able to carry on with the projects.
So while I understand this does not have to be in the “Paid Work” forum, I also think this does not have to be in the “Volunteer Work” forum, since the thread changed I´m receiving zero contacts, while when the thread was in the Jobs forum, the very little time it was there, I received 5 contacts I think, and we answered to everyone I think (if someone has not received their answer and is reading this, I´ll re-confirm we answered everyone)
So maybe there is a small gap here, maybe some kind of networking sub-forum in the jobs section could be the correct place to have it, because it´s clear that there are professionals that want to contact studios, big, small or medium studios, so they can hire them in the future, specially freelance people, but not just freelance people.
As I said, this is not volunteer work nor deferred payment either, but I understand it´s not an specific project, so how about closing this gap, specially now that the Blender user base is going to grow at a fast pace, or at least I think so, I´m not the only one that is finally leaving Autodesk and migrating to Blender all our work.
Also the Blender Network is a good place to look and be, but there are people that don´t know it or don´t want to be there for whatever reasons, so this should not be the only place to reach or contact people I think.
What do you think about this proposal?