Is it safe to say that this would be a good topic for the next hangout?
Before we agree to bring it up, however, it is important that we say one thing: If you have a complaint about how something is done, as opposed to trying to simply put it down, try to find a better alternative.
For instance,
I think a crowdsale using bitBTC/bitUSD/bitCNY is a GREAT idea. It helps with the problem Toast sees, which is everyday users who do not yet realize how many BitShares chains there are going to be, saying "why is bitshares always doing crowdsales? haven't they done ____x already?" because then these people actually have to enter into the bitshares ecosystem to send money to the project. In this process it becomes apparent you are sending to a separate project outside the bitshares flagship DAC.