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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