Did anyone blog this as well and post to press outlets? I sent around...hoping to get something out about the importance of it.
The next time for press would be like may 3 to announce the final schedule and more...what do you think? Good? (Flo, can you add this to our internal plan on fabricatorz. thx) Jon On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Jon Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > Btw, this is sent, please spread the word!!! Its blogged too! > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jon Phillips <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 3:10 PM > Subject: Libre Graphics Meeting 2010 Community Campaign and Call For > Participation Deadline May 1, 2010 > To: Fabricatorz PRESS LIST <[email protected]> > > > For Immediate Release > > San Francisco and Brussels, Thursday 15 April 2010 - Libre Graphics > Meeting is an annual working conference for the free software graphics > application community. Developers from the full spectrum of graphics > applications -- image editors, photography, 3-D and 2-D animation, > vector art, graphic design, typography -- collaborate with each other > on interoperability, push the state of the art in application > functionality and user experience, and get important face-to-face > interaction with users. > > LGM 2010 will take place between May 27 and 30th at De Pianofabriek in > Brussels, Belgium. Developers from GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, Krita, > Scribus, Hugin, the Open Clipart Library, the Open Font Library, and > other open source projects are scheduled to appear. Technical talks > will showcase new work in digital asset management, natural-media > simulation, and internationalized font design. The program will also > emphasize real-world usage of open source graphics software in > professional publishing houses, multimedia production, and both the > secondary education and art school classroom. Developers, users, or > community members who would like to give a talk at LGM 2010 are > encouraged to submit a proposal by following the instructions at > http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/. The deadline for submissions is May > 1. > > Attendance at LGM is free for developers and users alike -- so the > conference counts on the generosity of the open source graphics > community to help underwrite the costs of putting on the conference > and to help make it possible for individual open source developers to > attend. This year the LGM team 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. > > The public sector in Belgium and the EU has been tremendously > supportive of LGM, and has already exceeded its 10,000 dollar goal. > However, some of the grant money donated is for specific tools, such > as providing simultaneous language translation of the talks, and thus > cannot be put towards the goal of allowing every developer who wants > to attend to be there in person. > > Please make a donation to the community fundraising campaign at: > http://pledgie.com/campaigns/8926 -- and help a free graphics software > developer benefit from the in-person collaboration at this year's LGM. > Community donations have already raised $3,020 -- help us make the > total by May 1st. Any amount, no matter how small, is helpful; many > developers in Europe need only a small stipend for rail travel to make > the trip a possibility. All donations are tax deductible for US > taxpayers. For larger donations from corporations and individuals, > contact us directly at [email protected] > > For more information about LGM 2010, previous years' meetings, and the > Create Project that organizes the workshop, please visit > http://libregraphicsmeeting.org > > > Press Contacts > > Press Announcement > http://fabricatorz.com/2010/04/join-us-for-the-libre-graphics-meeting-2010/ > > Nathan Willis > [email protected] > > Jon Phillips > [email protected] > +1 510.499.0894 > > > ### > > > > -- > Jon Phillips > http://rejon.org/ > http://fabricatorz.com/ > http://status.net/ > http://rejon.status.net + skype: kidproto > +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) > +86.134.3957.2035 (china) > -- Jon Phillips http://rejon.org/ http://fabricatorz.com/ http://status.net/ http://rejon.status.net + skype: kidproto +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) +86.134.3957.2035 (china) _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
