Looks good to me! How about Sunday? Like I mentioned before, we are competing for attention with OSCON next week, but if we are early that should not be too much of a problem.
Nate On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 6:38 AM, Louis Desjardins < [email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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