2009/7/17 Jon Phillips <[email protected]> > Ok, now we're back into next week's news cycle....just want to get > this out to be honest at this point. I'll look at this weekend.
I am ok with the PR. We have everything right, now, so let’s push this. Couple things to consider (among others): 1. Help people get their trip organised and planned ahead. It’s not always easy to deal with work-family-vacation 2. 6 months might be ok for people (and not all the people), not for sponsors. We need that PR out. We need to be able to tell that LGM 5 is on the go. Cheers ! Louis > > > press releases are for those who write news...the more the better... > > Jon > > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 4:16 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> I still didn't send...waiting on some more ok's and let's do it!!!! > > > > Eh ... you already had my blessing > > > >> to be honest: the current version was too long and IMO only insiders can > >> really make sens of it. > > > > I'm not sure what you mean by insiders and outsiders here ;-) but yes it > > has grown long! > > > >> I don't have much time - here is a rough butcher work (not as bloody as > >> the manicure I got from a table saw earlier this week when I tried to be > >> 3D-creative with wood rather than with Blender). > > > > I like it more fast-paced as well; Jon / Nat -- what do you think? > > > >> IMO it should fit on a single A4/Letter sheet when using Bitstream Vera > >> Sans 12, and it should be understandable to non-geeks. > > > > To draw in typographers we might need quite another text and something > > else than Bitstream Vera ;-) but I think at this point it is about > > announcing date and place and targeting a general tech-conference > audience > > so the shorter, the better? a.l.e + Louis + Constant will work on the > > LGM-site soon (planned to go public in August); from than on it might be > > easier to communicate depth and breadth of the event. > > > > The kinds of audiences I am connected to, do not expect communication > > earlier than 6 months in advance plus really a site needs to be up so I > > rely on you all to decide on the tone/length of this release. > > > > Let me know when we're at a final version and I will re-re-sync Dutch and > > French a.s.a.p.! > > > > > > Femke > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> --- CUT HERE --- > >> > >> ***Libre Graphics Meeting 2010 in Brussels*** > >> > >> **Cutting edge graphics software meets free culture at Libre Graphics > >> Meeting 2010** > >> > >> Users and developers of graphics software will meet in Brussels, Belgium > >> on May 26-29, 2010 at the fifth annual Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM). > >> Held near Brussels' city center in a newly renovated historical piano > >> factory that is now a lively exhibition and work space. The LGM > >> community is excited to bring this event to the European capital. The > >> event is free and everyone is invited to attend. > >> > >> > >> **About the Libre Graphics Meeting** > >> > >> The Libre Graphics Meeting unites and accelerates the efforts to advance > >> creative use of software. Since 2006, this annual meeting is the > >> premiere conference for developers, users and supporters of Open Source > >> projects such as GIMP (image editor), Inkscape (vector graphics), > >> Blender (3D modeling), Krita (next generation painting), Scribus > >> (desktop publishing), Hugin (panorama photography), the Open Clipart > >> Library (reusable graphics), and the Open Font Library (reusable fonts). > >> > >> We gather to work on interoperability, shared standards, and new ideas. > >> Work at prior LGMs has pushed the state of the art in important areas > >> such as color management, cross-application sharing of assets, and > >> common formats. > >> > >> Face-to-face meetings and opportunities for collaboration are important > >> to users and developers alike; in the form of tutorials, talks, > >> workshops, and birds-of-a-feather (BOF) the event offers many formal and > >> informal opportunities to interact. > >> > >> > >> Highlights from LGM 2009 > >> > >> 150+ participants from around the world attended the last LGM in > >> Montreal, Canada, for four days. > >> > >> Supported by École Polytechnique Montréal, the LGM user community > >> (raising money on pledgie.com), Sourceforge and many other sponsors > >> (LIST AT http://URL.HERE), the conference funded travel for many > >> international developers whom otherwise would not be able to work face > >> to face. > >> > >> Highlights included contributions by companies building on Open Source; > >> presentations by users, developers, artists and academics, recorded at > >> http://river-valley.tv/category/conferences/graphics/lgm-2009/ ; the > >> projection of immersive movies and slideshows; an exhibit of printed > >> artwork. > >> > >> All major projects in attendance spent time planning activities for the > >> next year. New projects like Lighttwist, a system for running > >> multi-projector immersive video displays, and FacetZoom widget, set the > >> stage for new exciting software developments leading into LGM 2010 in > >> Brussels. > >> > >> > >> A preview of LGM 2010 > >> > >> For LGM 2010, the conference promoters challenge all participating > >> projects and people to set goals and plan creative projects. One or more > >> collaborative projects is to be developed, beyond just the tools used, > >> such as a book or animation. The conference hopes to involve an > >> increasing number of artists and academics to show novel uses of > >> graphics software, and to discuss, analyse and provide inspiration. > >> > >> In the coming months, LGM 2010 organizers will release more information > >> about the upcoming conference, raising funds to enable the event, and > >> release the official call for participation for 2010. Immediately, the > >> conference organizers invite all interested in participating to watch > >> the http://libregraphicsmeeting.org website and join the Create Project > >> (http://create.freedesktop.org) mailing list and get involved. > >> > >> LGM 2010 is hosted by the Libre Graphics Community and Constant in > >> collaboration with De Pianofabriek, Master Networked Media and Research > >> programme Communication in a Digital Age (Piet Zwart Institute, Willem > >> de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam) and the Bruxelles Linux User Group > (BXLUG). > >> > >> For more information, visit http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org > >> _______________________________________________ > >> CREATE mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CREATE mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > > > > > > -- > Jon Phillips > http://rejon.org/ > +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) > +86.134.3957.2035 (china) > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create >
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