(Top posting) Hi ! Rocking ideas! :) Here is where we are up to so far. (a) A pre-LGM starting May 7. Most of the participants to LGM will arrive the week-end before. A series of workshops could be a good introduction to LGM for many newcomers. The "lab" idea falls into that category. This is also room wide open for various "unconference" activities, talks, discussions, meetings. We plan to have rooms, internet access and power bars, access to food and beer, etc. (b) Monday activities. Yet to be determined but I have plans to organize a couple of visits to printers, paper mill, etc. (c) LGM activities every night starting Saturday May 7 until next Saturday, May 14. This will go from a simple supper at the restaurant to more swingy evenings and will include our LGM Supper as well as activities with creators, artists, performers, etc. Free time to meet and share. More to come along the road. During LGM, we have access to and we will make use of a large room right in front of the door of the main amphitheater at the Polytechnique. We will have computers installed with (all/most) the LGM software. Interestingly enough, it's fun to discover that in this year's organisation I have met a fair number of people among which there are quite a few women. These people will hopefully continue to play an active role in the LGM. They are connected to the F/LOSS world and could probably talk at LGM. More in the coming weeks. All of this remains to be confirmed and yet to be finalized and organized in details but this is the path we are on at present time. LGM 2011 is well on its way!!! Don’t hesitate to give feedback (I wonder why I ask this!!!!!) :) Louis 2011/1/15 helen varley jamieson <<a href="mailto:helen@creative-catalyst.com">helen@creative-catalyst.com</a>> <div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> the lab idea sounds good, especially if it's right at the start of the LGM. it could be more than just the main projects - every project could have some sort of display or presence in a kind of expo, if they wanted to. newcomers would then be able to find the projects that they're interested in & meet people connected to that project in an informal way. obviously this requires resources, but it could be up to each project to do what they want/can. the organisers would just need to provide tables & power cables in a large room. h : )<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;"> I've been thinking about two possibilities -- a "first lgm attendee desk" where people who don't know anybody yet can get coffee and an introductions to people whose interests might touch theirs. But that needs to be staffed by people who know most of the rest already :-) What I would like much more is some kind of "lab" where the main projects are available on one or two machines with someone knowledgeable around to show off, and a big banner saying something about the app. If that's available on Friday and Saturday morning, it might help the newcomers figure out what's what and who's working on what. -- Boudewijn Rempt | <a href="http://www.krita.org" target="_blank">http://www.krita.org</a> _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list <a href="mailto:CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_blank">CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a> </blockquote> </div><div class="im"> -- ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst <a href="mailto:helen@creative-catalyst.com" target="_blank">helen@creative-catalyst.com</a> <a href="http://www.creative-catalyst.com" target="_blank">http://www.creative-catalyst.com</a> <a href="http://www.avatarbodycollision.org" target="_blank">http://www.avatarbodycollision.org</a> <a href="http://www.upstage.org.nz" target="_blank">http://www.upstage.org.nz</a> ____________________________________________________________ </div><div><div></div><div class="h5"> _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list <a href="mailto:CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_blank">CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- Louis Desjardins <a href="http://libregraphicsmeeting.org">libregraphicsmeeting.org</a>