<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Hi all, I happened to bump into Edward Hervey (of PiTiVi/Collabora fame) a while back, and we were discussing LGM and the bringing-teams-together and bringing-users-together dimensions. Turns out they have more or less the same principles guiding the annual GStreamer Conference, which is set for October in Prague. To jump right to the end of the conversation, we thought it would be really interesting to see if any of the libre graphics community wanted to go, and perhaps even give talks or set aside some meeting time. Because honestly, the division we think about between still graphics and motion graphics is pretty arbitrary -- you just have to look at the number of video-related talks we get at LGM every year to see that. The long and the short of it is, it's good to get developers together when they share a common problem space, and mixed media is here to stay, so all sorts of interesting things could happen if we don't try and keep our conferences separated. So here's the opportunity: GStreamer's Conference is October 24 and 25 at the Clarion Congress hotel in Prague. They'd like to have LGM / libre graphics people propose some sessions. The "official" CFP window is actually closed, but program director Christian Schaller is holding open three or so session slots to try and bring in some graphics talks. You're all also just invited to come and listen, of course. Christian even said they might could get extra meeting room space if any project teams wanted to get together during the event to work -- you'll have to contact him. Obviously, there's no pressure here. It's just an opportunity. But GStreamer Conference *is* co-located with the Linux Foundation's Kernel Summit, so the thought was that some people might already be there and want to do both. Plus, of course, since LGM was in North America this year, there might be people who weren't able to get there but could make it to Prague. And why wait until May, anyhow -- just like the various Libre Graphics Day mini-events, there's a good opportunity to meet face to face with people from the video side of the "fence" and to talk to users. After all, there are doubtless a lot of video artists who use the still graphics tools to tackle important parts of their workflow, and you could get valuable insight into the problems they face during this event. And who knows, there could also be people there who are working primarily in video media, but just happen to not have heard of Krita, or hadn't thought to try MyPaint or Inkscape as part of their process. If you're interested in participating, there is more information about the GStreamer Conf itself at <a href="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/conference/">http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/conference/</a> . Including hotel info and links to the Kernel Summit site. If you think you'd like to propose a talk for one of the reserved slots, then contact Christian, at <a href="mailto:christian.schaller@collabora.co.uk">christian.schaller@collabora.co.uk</a> . I know the video talks at LGM are always fun to see; I think that graphics talks at GStreamer Conf would be fun to see, too. Hope you'll all consider submitting a talk, as well as just joining everyone else for the excitement in Prague! Thanks, Nate <pre cols="72">-- nathan.p.willis <a href="mailto:nwillis@glyphography.com" target="_self">nwillis@glyphography.com</a> aim/ym/gtalk:n8willis <a href="http://identi.ca/n8" target="_self">identi.ca/n8</a> </pre> </div>