<div dir="ltr">I mean WED USA time :)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Jon Phillips <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jon@rejon.org">jon@rejon.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div dir="ltr">tomorrow would be a good day to announce...my big announcement got pushed back...<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Femke Snelting <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:snelting@collectifs.net" target="_blank">snelting@collectifs.net</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Officially it is called a 'Projectsubsidie Kunstendecreet'.<br> <br> The subsidy is granted by:<br> <br> The committee for Design and Architecture of the Department Arts and Heritage of the Flemish Ministry for Culture, Youth, Sports and Media.<br> <br> Their site: <a href="http://www.kunstenerfgoed.be" target="_blank">http://www.kunstenerfgoed.be</a> (all Dutch)<br> Their logo: <a href="http://www.cjsm.vlaanderen.be/logo" target="_blank">http://www.cjsm.vlaanderen.be/logo</a><br> <br> I'm litterally translating the statement they made:<br> <br> "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."<br> <br> So I think you'd need to rephrase that to make it spin ;-) something like:<br> <br> "Flemish ministry for culture recognizes the importance of Libre Graphics Meeting"<br> <br> Unfortunately the Federal Government doesn't support culture directly.<br> <br> <br> F<br> <br> <br> Nathan Willis wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div> Femke, do you have either (a) a link, or (b) official word that we can quote about the government contribution?<br> <br> Thanks,<br> Nate<br> <br></div><div> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Jon Phillips <<a href="mailto:jon@rejon.org" target="_blank">jon@rejon.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jon@rejon.org" target="_blank">jon@rejon.org</a>>> wrote:<br> <br> Yes, can you post up link too so we can announce on our sites<br> respectively...please?<br> <br> <br> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Nathan Willis<br></div><div> <<a href="mailto:nwillis@glyphography.com" target="_blank">nwillis@glyphography.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:nwillis@glyphography.com" target="_blank">nwillis@glyphography.com</a>>> wrote:<br> <br> Cool! I'm going to drop the news to LWN.net; that will go great<br> with a story I did this week about Jon Cruz's color management<br> talk at SCALE....<br> <br> <br> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Femke Snelting<br></div><div><div></div><div> <<a href="mailto:snelting@collectifs.net" target="_blank">snelting@collectifs.net</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:snelting@collectifs.net" target="_blank">snelting@collectifs.net</a>>> wrote:<br> <br> Fantastic news -- the Flemish government has decided to<br> subsidize LGM from their art + design budget. 7000 € to<br> support developers to come to Brussels!!!<br> <br> A *great* boost -- let's make corporate and community<br> campaigns match up and donate to:<br> <a href="http://pledgie.com/campaigns/8926" target="_blank">http://pledgie.com/campaigns/8926</a><br> <br> best<br> <br> <br> Femke<br> <br> <br> <br> Femke Snelting wrote:<br> <br> Please circulate this message on your project<br> mailinglist(s), add the banner to your site and ...<br> donate generously :-)<br> <br> ---------------------------------------<br> 10by10by10: Support LGM2010!<br> <br> The Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) is the annual working<br> conference for free software graphics application users<br> and developers. 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