Looks good to me! How about Sunday? Like I mentioned before, we are competing for attention with OSCON next week, but if we are early that should not be too much of a problem. Nate <div class="gmail_quote"> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 6:38 AM, Louis Desjardins <<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 2009/7/17 Jon Phillips <<a href="mailto:jon@rejon.org" target="_self">jon@rejon.org</a>> <div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Ok, now we're back into next week's news cycle....just want to get this out to be honest at this point. I'll look at this weekend.</blockquote></div><div> I am ok with the PR. We have everything right, now, so let’s push this. Couple things to consider (among others): 1. Help people get their trip organised and planned ahead. It’s not always easy to deal with work-family-vacation 2. 6 months might be ok for people (and not all the people), not for sponsors. We need that PR out. We need to be able to tell that LGM 5 is on the go. Cheers ! Louis </div><div> <div></div><div class="h5"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> press releases are for those who write news...the more the better... Jon <div><div></div><div> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 4:16 PM, <<a href="mailto:snelting@collectifs.net" target="_self">snelting@collectifs.net</a>> wrote: >>> I still didn't send...waiting on some more ok's and let's do it!!!! > > Eh ... you already had my blessing > >> to be honest: the current version was too long and IMO only insiders can >> really make sens of it. > > I'm not sure what you mean by insiders and outsiders here ;-) but yes it > has grown long! > >> I don't have much time - here is a rough butcher work (not as bloody as >> the manicure I got from a table saw earlier this week when I tried to be >> 3D-creative with wood rather than with Blender). > > I like it more fast-paced as well; Jon / Nat -- what do you think? > >> IMO it should fit on a single A4/Letter sheet when using Bitstream Vera >> Sans 12, and it should be understandable to non-geeks. > > To draw in typographers we might need quite another text and something > else than Bitstream Vera ;-) but I think at this point it is about > announcing date and place and targeting a general tech-conference audience > so the shorter, the better? a.l.e + Louis + Constant will work on the > LGM-site soon (planned to go public in August); from than on it might be > easier to communicate depth and breadth of the event. > > The kinds of audiences I am connected to, do not expect communication > earlier than 6 months in advance plus really a site needs to be up so I > rely on you all to decide on the tone/length of this release. > > Let me know when we're at a final version and I will re-re-sync Dutch and > French a.s.a.p.! > > > Femke > > > > > > > >> --- CUT HERE --- >> >> ***Libre Graphics Meeting 2010 in Brussels*** >> >> **Cutting edge graphics software meets free culture at Libre Graphics >> Meeting 2010** >> >> Users and developers of graphics software will meet in Brussels, Belgium >> on May 26-29, 2010 at the fifth annual Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM). >> Held near Brussels' city center in a newly renovated historical piano >> factory that is now a lively exhibition and work space. The LGM >> community is excited to bring this event to the European capital. The >> event is free and everyone is invited to attend. >> >> >> **About the Libre Graphics Meeting** >> >> The Libre Graphics Meeting unites and accelerates the efforts to advance >> creative use of software. Since 2006, this annual meeting is the >> premiere conference for developers, users and supporters of Open Source >> projects such as GIMP (image editor), Inkscape (vector graphics), >> Blender (3D modeling), Krita (next generation painting), Scribus >> (desktop publishing), Hugin (panorama photography), the Open Clipart >> Library (reusable graphics), and the Open Font Library (reusable fonts). >> >> We gather to work on interoperability, shared standards, and new ideas. >> Work at prior LGMs has pushed the state of the art in important areas >> such as color management, cross-application sharing of assets, and >> common formats. >> >> Face-to-face meetings and opportunities for collaboration are important >> to users and developers alike; in the form of tutorials, talks, >> workshops, and birds-of-a-feather (BOF) the event offers many formal and >> informal opportunities to interact. >> >> >> Highlights from LGM 2009 >> >> 150+ participants from around the world attended the last LGM in >> Montreal, Canada, for four days. >> >> Supported by Ã‰cole Polytechnique MontrÃ©al, the LGM user community >> (raising money on <a href="http://pledgie.com" target="_self">pledgie.com</a>), Sourceforge and many other sponsors >> (LIST AT <a href="http://URL.HERE" target="_self">http://URL.HERE</a>), the conference funded travel for many >> international developers whom otherwise would not be able to work face >> to face. >> >> Highlights included contributions by companies building on Open Source; >> presentations by users, developers, artists and academics, recorded at >> <a href="http://river-valley.tv/category/conferences/graphics/lgm-2009/" target="_self">http://river-valley.tv/category/conferences/graphics/lgm-2009/</a> ; the >> projection of immersive movies and slideshows; an exhibit of printed >> artwork. >> >> All major projects in attendance spent time planning activities for the >> next year. New projects like Lighttwist, a system for running >> multi-projector immersive video displays, and FacetZoom widget, set the >> stage for new exciting software developments leading into LGM 2010 in >> Brussels. >> >> >> A preview of LGM 2010 >> >> For LGM 2010, the conference promoters challenge all participating >> projects and people to set goals and plan creative projects. One or more >> collaborative projects is to be developed, beyond just the tools used, >> such as a book or animation. The conference hopes to involve an >> increasing number of artists and academics to show novel uses of >> graphics software, and to discuss, analyse and provide inspiration. >> >> In the coming months, LGM 2010 organizers will release more information >> about the upcoming conference, raising funds to enable the event, and >> release the official call for participation for 2010. Immediately, the >> conference organizers invite all interested in participating to watch >> the <a href="http://libregraphicsmeeting.org" target="_self">http://libregraphicsmeeting.org</a> website and join the Create Project >> (<a href="http://create.freedesktop.org" target="_self">http://create.freedesktop.org</a>) mailing list and get involved. >> >> LGM 2010 is hosted by the Libre Graphics Community and Constant in >> collaboration with De Pianofabriek, Master Networked Media and Research >> programme Communication in a Digital Age (Piet Zwart Institute, Willem >> de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam) and the Bruxelles Linux User Group (BXLUG). >> >> For more information, visit <a href="http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org" target="_self">http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org</a> >> _______________________________________________ >> CREATE mailing list >> <a href="mailto:CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_self">CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org</a> >> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create" target="_self">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > <a href="mailto:CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_self">CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create" target="_self">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a> > </div></div>-- <div>Jon Phillips <a href="http://rejon.org/" target="_self">http://rejon.org/</a> +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) +86.134.3957.2035 (china) </div><div><div></div><div>_______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list <a href="mailto:CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_self">CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create" target="_self">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a> </div></div></blockquote></div></div></div> _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list <a href="mailto:CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org">CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create" target="_self">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a> </blockquote></div> -- nathan.p.willis <a href="mailto:nwillis@glyphography.com">nwillis@glyphography.com</a> aim/ym/gtalk:n8willis <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/willis">flickr.com/photos/willis</a>