[OpenFontLibrary] LGM 2011

[Nicolas Spalinger]

Dave Crossland wrote:
> Hello Libre Font people,
> 
> For the last few weeks there's been a discussion over on the CREATE
> list about LGM 2011. There are 3 proposals, in alphabetical order:
> 
> Brasil http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Conference_2011_Brasil_Bid
> 
> Canada http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Conference_2011_Montréal_Bid
> 
> Vietnam http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Conference_2011_Vietnam_Bid
> 
> Please read them, and reply to this on-list with your order of
> preference. I'll do that myself in a moment, so you can see what I
> hope you'll reply with :-)


Hi everyone,

My preference would be Vietnam, Montréal/Canada, Brasil.

> (Even if you didn't attend previous conferences, are not planning to
> attend next year, your input is welcome :-)
> 
> If you can spare the time, please also answer these questions:
> 
> a1) YES/NO: Do you have enough information to decide LGM venues for 2011?

Yes.

> a2) If no, please describe

tentatively yes

> b1) Will you make it to Brasil if LGM is there in 2011?

tentatively yes

> b2) Will you make it to Canada if LGM is there in 2011?

tentatively yes

> b3) Will you make it to Vietnam if LGM is there in 2011?

tentatively yes

> c1) Are you satisfied overall by the process to decide the venue on
> the wiki? (Explained at
> http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Conference_2011 if you haven't been
> following)

Well, there's always this tendency of overpromising and trying to be
everything to everyone... (especially from folks who may not actually
commit to do the work...) which dilutes the focus, delays our plans and
burns out contributors.

> d1) What do you think of the bidding process?
> d2) Should we keep it as it is, a one-year process, or change to a
> two-year process?

A 2-year process is probably better for planning.

All my LGM participations since the very first one in Lyon have really
been in rush mode: I do realise it's no easy task but more long-term
visibility of important items like dates/location/participation of
others/programme/etc would allow for more preparation, higher inter-team
interactions and bigger impact.

> d3) Do you have enough information to make a real choice? Please explain.

Well, at this stage probably yes although some factors closer to the
date are not under our control.


Cheers,


-- 
Nicolas Spalinger, NRSI volunteer
Debian/Ubuntu font teams / OpenFontLibrary
http://planet.open-fonts.org