[CREATE] LG magazine #1::∞

[Jon Nordby]

On 3 September 2010 14:18, a.l.e <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote:
> hi ana,
>
> as said in ginger's mail we're working on a plan for a long term magazine.
> A plan that allow us to produce a more coherent and solid output. One that
> can be sustained on a regular publication schedule.
> This doesn't mean that we're reclaiming the right to be the only ones to
> edit a magazine.
> We're proposing for the LG Magazine specifically but there's plenty of space
> for other publications dedicated to libre graphics.
>
> I don't see why not to make the froscamp mag with the resources you have -
> the people you've already contacted.
> I just wonder why to insist on naming it LGMag if we already stated the need
> to make the LGMag something more than the product of three day sprint.
>
> i planned to make the LGMag release a follow up of the LGMag#0 which has
> been published at the LGM 2010.
> (i hope that my memory is not playing dirty tricks... but i seem  to recall
> that it  was mostly my idea to produce a LGMag#0 at the LGM 2010... and i've
> been discussing about a LGMag for more than a year with several people. no,
> i don't reclaim any exclusive or priority right on the LGMag: but since
> misunderstanginds seem to happen quite often on this list, i prefer to say
> it openly and explain why -- after the LGMag had been produced by ana,
> ginger and ricardo -- i come out with the idea of producing a LGMag with a
> different crew!).
>
> it would have been a similar type of magazine, done in a similar way (well,
> a bit more organized and with more time for collecting the content but also
> a short sprint at the end to layout it), with the same name. using as
> optimally as possible the few resources we currently have at hand.
>
> this was a long term plan. and this would have probably looked quite
> differently than what you are proposing.
>
> i can't do it all alone and i don't think that the LG community currently
> has the resources to launch two such projects in parallel.

Here's an idea; make a "LGMag FrOSCamp 2010". I do not see any reason
why these two ideas for the magazine cannot coexist and benefit each
other. Do you?

Remember to keep your eyes on the goal and not the leather of the
ball. Don't let disagreements about details prevent you from
collaborating on making good stuff.

-- 
Regards Jon Nordby - www.jonnor.com