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<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13px">For Immediate Release:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13px">April 2-5 Leipzig University (<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:17.954999923706055px">Universität Leipzig), Germany</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Free/Open culture intersects cutting edge technologies at the 9th annual Libre Graphics Meeting being held at Leipzig University this year. The Libre Graphics Meeting is an opportunity for bringing together users and developers of various Free/Libre Open Source Software projects. These tools are free to use and modify for anyone, and this meeting presents an opportunity for developers, designers, and artists to interact, share their work, and learn from each other.</div>
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">This year there are almost 80 different talks, presentations, and workshops scheduled covering a large cross section of the Libre Graphics community. Every day there are plans for hackfests, discussions, and workshops. The ability for presenters to inspire the attendees through showcasing their work and methods is a great strength of LGM.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The full program for 2014 is now available here: <a href="http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/program/" target="_blank">http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/program/</a>.</div>
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">LGM is free to attend and with such a broad representation of the FL/OSS community there's bound to be talks of interest for everyone!</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Registration can be done here: <a href="http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/register/" target="_blank">http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/register/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The annual Libre Graphics Meeting is free for all to attend. Please support LGM2014 -- all donations go to reimbursing travel-costs for those that gather in Leipzig to make Libre Graphics better.</span><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">There is a pledgie campaign for contributing to help fund the costs of this invaluable meeting. If you are a user or just a fan of Free and Open Source Software, please consider donating as a way to say "Thank You!" to the developers of these projects.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Donations can be made here: <a href="https://pledgie.com/campaigns/22927" target="_blank">https://pledgie.com/campaigns/22927</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The Libre Graphics Meeting is thankful to all its sponsors and donors: Leipzig University, Google, GIMP, Publisher, Red Hat, German Unix User Group, Shuttleworth Foundation, Python Sofware Foundation, LinuxFunds. Organisations willing to sponsor the event can contact us at </span><a href="http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/contacts/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/contacts/</a><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Highlights from LGM2013</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">To give an overview of what to expect in 2014, last year in Madrid there were 89 scheduled talks, 10 workshops, 3 performances, 3 lectures, 15 lightning talks with participants traveling from 26 countries like Argentina, Australia, Thailand, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela and Vietnam.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Source: <a href="http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/about/" target="_blank">http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/about/</a> </div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">About the Libre Graphics Meeting</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="border:0px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(64,64,64);line-height:20px">
The Libre Graphics Meeting is the annual physical meeting point for all those communities. There is a lot of activity going on all year round through the IRC channels and the mailing lists dedicated to each project. The community is also gathering through various Wikis and Websites including the<a href="http://www.graphicsplanet.org/" style="color:rgb(17,123,184);border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Graphics Planet</a> and the <a href="http://libregraphicsworld.org/" style="color:rgb(17,123,184);border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Libre Graphics World</a>. There are also several local organizations around the world.</p>
<p style="border:0px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(64,64,64);line-height:20px">Most of our work is done over the and most of the time there are no a physical headquarters. The overwhelming majority of Community members are volunteers. A small number are sponsored by their employers and some projects get sponsorships.</p>
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