[CREATE] LGM2010 pledgie campaign launched
Jon Phillips
jon at rejon.org
Tue Mar 2 15:47:10 PST 2010
I mean WED USA time :)
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Jon Phillips <jon at rejon.org> 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 <snelting at collectifs.net>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 <jon at rejon.org <mailto:
>>> jon at rejon.org>> 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
>>> <nwillis at glyphography.com <mailto:nwillis at glyphography.com>> 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
>>> <snelting at collectifs.net <mailto:snelting at collectifs.net>> 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. For
>>> larger donations from corporations and individuals,
>>> please contact us directly at lgm at gnome.org
>>> <mailto:lgm at gnome.org>
>>>
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> Jon Phillips
> http://rejon.org/
> http://fabricatorz.com/
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http://fabricatorz.com/
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