And it is a valid point and thats our goal. But this is something while true, benefits ARK members is doesn't disadvantage ARK itself.
Yes it is a benefit for us. But please keep in mind, that most of us won't be getting a salary from ARK (only a few key people), to preserve ARK funds as much as possible.
We also have several plans about not only the second round of fundrasing but other revenue sources as well. (For example loaning out our TEC backend and/or acting as escrow.)
So ARK is being taken care of, it is a priority.

As for funding ARK with forged lisk. While that idea is not without merrit it doesn't sound right to me. What kind of project funds itself from a system that they forked?

And most importantly, we as individuals in ARK has been and still are in Lisk, part of the lisk community and very much indent to be active delegates, we've been ready for it since april.