Yeah; sorry about that -- I had a run of several conferences in a row; back as of last night, though. Here's a draft paragraph or two: -- 8< ---- Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 in Leipzig, Germany Libre Graphics Meeting 2014, the annual conference and workshop for users and makers of free software creative applications, will take place on April 2–5, at Leipzig University in Leipzig, Germany. LGM 2014 will be hosted by Leipzig University in partnership with members of the local FLOSS community, including Sublab Hackerspace, freifunk, RadioBlau, and RadioTux. The event is open to anyone with an interest in open source graphics, design, and creative culture. Software developers and artists alike are invited to attend, and will be welcome to submit topics for presentations, hands-on workshops, and birds-of-a-feather sessions once the call for participation is officially opened. 2014 will mark the ninth anniversary of LGM, the premiere gathering of the free software graphics community, drawing developers, users and supporters alike from across the globe. -- 8< ---- As always, I urge that announcements be kept as short as humanly possible. In this case, since the CFP is still quite a ways away, and there may be lots more to come re: branding and other specifics, that shouldn't be a problem. But, I do have some questions: * Is there anything else which it is necessary to add to this announcement specifically? * Are the dates and the hosting at the university fixed enough to announce in particular (if not, giving specifics could lock us in accidentally)? * Is the listing of "partner" organizations accurate and reasonable? And, of course: * Who can translate the announcement into their language? Thanks, Nate <div class="gmail_quote"> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine <<a href="mailto:alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com" target="_self">alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Femke Snelting wrote: > Dave Neary did warn us that he was busy ... I emailed about his promise to > make an announcer for LGM2014 in Leipzig a few days ago but if it doesn't > work for him, who else could take over in the coming days? My kind of > writing might not be what it takes ;-) </div>Um, noone? I could give it a shot. Please give me the facts. - timeframe? - venue? - organized by? - any topic chosen (like this year's "Fitire tools")? - anything special about the next event or the venue? Alexandre Prokoudine <a href="http://libregraphicsworld.org" target="_self">http://libregraphicsworld.org</a> <div><div>_______________________________________________ Libre-graphics-meeting mailing list <a href="mailto:Libre-graphics-meeting@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_self">Libre-graphics-meeting@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libre-graphics-meeting" target="_self">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libre-graphics-meeting</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- <div dir="ltr">nathan.p.willis <a href="mailto:nwillis@glyphography.com" target="_self">nwillis@glyphography.com</a> <a href="http://identi.ca/n8" target="_self">identi.ca/n8</a></div>