Also, similar to Bryce's email below to the Inkscape community, please let me know who is going to be attending and/or who wants to attend? There is sponsorship as well, so best to express interest and let me see how I can help get things plugged together.
I'll be pulling things together for OCAL.o and OFLB, so please let me know if/when you will be attending and in what ways you want to participate? Jon -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Bryce Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape at LGM 2007 Montreal > Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:11:30 -0700 > > May 4-6 is the Libre Graphics Meeting in Montreal. Mark it on your > calendars! > > http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/ > > We hope to gather a huge number of Inkscape developers and users > to talk face to face about Inkscape, new features, ideas, and so on. > See > > It would be useful to know who all will be there. Can you email me > off-list if you are thinking about attending? (Sponsorship will be > available, so if cost is an issue let me know.) > > Bryce > > > On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 06:30:41PM -0500, Louis Desjardins wrote: > > Dear Inkscape team! > > > > I'd like to post a few info here for the benefits of all travellers to LGM. > > > > 1. I know the website of LGM is outdated. I expect things to be > > straightened up in the coming days. :) > > > > 2. Meanwhile, the Create wiki has been updated : > > > > http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/index.php/Conference > > > > 3. Visa. Please review the VISA info as it might apply to some of you > > when travelling to Canada. > > > > 4. Rooms. We have dealt a LGM special price on rooms at the Student > > Residences of the uni hosting the LGM. All info is on the wiki. What has > > guided me is to allow LGM participants and especially the devel teams to > > be together most of the time (remember we only have 3 days), have > > internet access and enough room to organize meetings. All that into a > > calm environment. The residences are on the site of the LGM at less than > > 5 minutes from the main auditorium. Arrival date : May 3 (Conference > > starts on May 4). We may be able to arrange things if you want to arrive > > earlier. Please let me know. > > > > And we also want to avoid getting people lost in the city (Montreal is a > > North American city, quite extended...) and taking up most of their time > > getting from their hotel to the LGM site and back. I have made a > > reservation on 50 Single rooms + 5 Cosy Suites (with large bed) and > > there are lots more room there if needed. On each other floor of the > > residence people have access to a Salon that can hold a good 10 to 12 > > people meeting and we also have access to another 3 large rooms for > > meetings with more than 20 persons at a time. > > > > 5. Sponsorship. I am deeply concerned by sponsorship. We have to be able > > to help people get to the LGM. So far, I am still waiting on > > confirmation but sponsors have shown clear interest in helping us again > > this year. It's a matter of time until we know for sure the exact amount > > we going to get from the sponsors. Please stay tuned. I will post the > > info as soon as I have something to say. > > > > 6. LGM speakers. I would appreciate that people interested in making a > > talk at LGM show up on the Create wiki. Some people have contacted me > > early by e-mail. Please fill the wiki as well. This is the only sure way > > to help me put the schedule together. Also, if you know someone that > > would be a good speaker, don't hesitate to propose his/her name. And > > don't forget the subject suggestions as well. > > > > 7. LGM Brochure (see wiki for details) : we'd like to have each project > > described. Cédric Gemy should be able to take care of Inkscape's > > description and maybe more. At the same time, if anyone on this list has > > images created with Inkscape that we could use to show what the program > > can do, please contact me off list. We don't need that many images but > > since we're distributed in the graphic designers magazine, the higher > > the level the better the effect, imo. > > > > 8. If anyone has a question or comment or suggestion, please don't > > hesitate to get back to me. > > > > Hope to see you again at LGM2 and of course meet new people! > > > > Louis Desjardins > > LGM 2007 organizer > > > > -- > > Louis Desjardins > > Mardigrafe inc. > > T 514 934 1353 > > F 514 934 3698 > > http://www.mardigrafe.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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