I mean WED USA time :) On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Jon Phillips <[email protected]> wrote:
> tomorrow would be a good day to announce...my big announcement got pushed > back... > > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Femke Snelting <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Officially it is called a 'Projectsubsidie Kunstendecreet'. >> >> The subsidy is granted by: >> >> The committee for Design and Architecture of the Department Arts and >> Heritage of the Flemish Ministry for Culture, Youth, Sports and Media. >> >> Their site: http://www.kunstenerfgoed.be (all Dutch) >> Their logo: http://www.cjsm.vlaanderen.be/logo >> >> I'm litterally translating the statement they made: >> >> "The committee recognizes the importance of such an international >> initiative, which via the exchange of knowledge between developers and >> designers, will play a role on an international platform. The committee >> trusts that the methodologies proposed will guarantee that the event will >> have a societal impact. The various international collaborations presented, >> are seen as a positive asset. The applicant and partners involved, will also >> help garantuee the quality of this project." >> >> So I think you'd need to rephrase that to make it spin ;-) something like: >> >> "Flemish ministry for culture recognizes the importance of Libre Graphics >> Meeting" >> >> Unfortunately the Federal Government doesn't support culture directly. >> >> >> F >> >> >> Nathan Willis wrote: >> >>> Femke, do you have either (a) a link, or (b) official word that we can >>> quote about the government contribution? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Nate >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Jon Phillips <[email protected] <mailto: >>> [email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Yes, can you post up link too so we can announce on our sites >>> respectively...please? >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Nathan Willis >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Cool! I'm going to drop the news to LWN.net; that will go great >>> with a story I did this week about Jon Cruz's color management >>> talk at SCALE.... >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Femke Snelting >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Fantastic news -- the Flemish government has decided to >>> subsidize LGM from their art + design budget. 7000 € to >>> support developers to come to Brussels!!! >>> >>> A *great* boost -- let's make corporate and community >>> campaigns match up and donate to: >>> http://pledgie.com/campaigns/8926 >>> >>> best >>> >>> >>> Femke >>> >>> >>> >>> Femke Snelting wrote: >>> >>> Please circulate this message on your project >>> mailinglist(s), add the banner to your site and ... >>> donate generously :-) >>> >>> --------------------------------------- >>> 10by10by10: Support LGM2010! >>> >>> The Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) is the annual working >>> conference for free software graphics application users >>> and developers. The fifth edition takes place 27-30 May >>> 2010 in Brussels, Belgium. Teams from GIMP, Inkscape, >>> Blender, Krita, Scribus, Hugin, Open Font Library and >>> many other graphics projects gather to improve their >>> software and discuss new ideas for interoperability and >>> shared standards. >>> http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org >>> >>> LGM2010 has launched a fundraising campaign called >>> 10by10by10 to raise $10,000 USD from grants, $10K from >>> corporations and $10K from the community. The funds >>> raised from granting organizations, public, and >>> corporate partners will allow participants who have no >>> other means of sponsoring their travel to Brussels to >>> attend the event. >>> >>> You can contribute to 10by10by10 at: >>> http://pledgie.com/campaigns/8926 >>> >>> All donations are tax deductible for US taxpayers. 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