<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> so, as far as i can tell, the idea behind an LGM in vietnam is: - to let local artists and developers meet the libre graphics community </blockquote><div> It's really incorrect way. Average month salary in Vietnam is ~80-100 USD. So a lot of people has no personal computers at all. Vietnam is rather a target for OLPC project than a home of large libre graphics community. Therefore the best way is inviting artists and developers from Vietnam to LGM but not organizing LGM in Vietnam. And don't forget medicine problems. Despite the great efforts Soviet Union has not resolved diseases control issues in Vietnam. Since that times the situation has not improved but rather the opposite. If we lose some developers because of the tropical diseases (it's depends on personal immunity) that are extremely negative impact on the libre graphics progress. Concerning common LGM for American/European and Asian participators I think India is a best place. But such travel is also not a cheap issue. Actually we should find a balance between "LGM for actual developers" and "LGM for possible members". For many projects LGM is a serious milestone for development. And not all participators of previous LGM editions can spend money for such long distance traveling. So trying involve new people we can get regress in existing projects. May be local LGM versions in different countries are possible solution I don't know. Regards </div></div>