The crowdfunding idea was brought up by me years ago.
If there is money, there are resources. The unwillingness to outsource the project does not mean there are/were no resources availiable - if they want to get it done for free... When you spend peanuts, you get monkeys.
Größter Knecht aller Zeiten aka His Excellency aka President for Life aka Field Marshal Al Hadji aka Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas aka aka Conqueror of the Buzzerbeater Empire in Europe in General and Austria in Particular