[CREATE] Venue LGM 2010!

Fri Jul 17 01:16:39 PDT 2009

>> I still didn't send...waiting on some more ok's and let's do it!!!!

Eh ... you already had my blessing

> to be honest: the current version was too long and IMO only insiders can
> really make sens of it.

I'm not sure what you mean by insiders and outsiders here ;-) but yes it
has grown long!

> I don't have much time - here is a rough butcher work (not as bloody as
> the manicure I got from a table saw earlier this week when I tried to be
> 3D-creative with wood rather than with Blender).

I like it more fast-paced as well; Jon / Nat -- what do you think?

> IMO it should fit on a single A4/Letter sheet when using Bitstream Vera
> Sans 12, and it should be understandable to non-geeks.

To draw in typographers we might need quite another text and something
else than Bitstream Vera ;-) but I think at this point it is about
announcing date and place and targeting a general tech-conference audience
so the shorter, the better? a.l.e + Louis + Constant will work on the
LGM-site soon (planned to go public in August); from than on it might be
easier to communicate depth and breadth of the event.

The kinds of audiences I am connected to, do not expect communication
earlier than 6 months in advance plus really a site needs to be up so I
rely on you all to decide on the tone/length of this release.

Let me know when we're at a final version and I will re-re-sync Dutch and
French a.s.a.p.!

Femke

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>
> ***Libre Graphics Meeting 2010 in Brussels***
>
> **Cutting edge graphics software meets free culture at Libre Graphics
> Meeting 2010**
>
> Users and developers of graphics software will meet in Brussels, Belgium
> on May 26-29, 2010 at the fifth annual Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM).
> Held near Brussels' city center in a newly renovated historical piano
> factory that is now a lively exhibition and work space. The LGM
> community is excited to bring this event to the European capital. The
> event is free and everyone is invited to attend.
>
>
> **About the Libre Graphics Meeting**
>
> The Libre Graphics Meeting unites and accelerates the efforts to advance
> creative use of software. Since 2006, this annual meeting is the
> premiere conference for developers, users and supporters of Open Source
> projects such as GIMP (image editor), Inkscape (vector graphics),
> Blender (3D modeling), Krita (next generation painting), Scribus
> (desktop publishing), Hugin (panorama photography), the Open Clipart
> Library (reusable graphics), and the Open Font Library (reusable fonts).
>
> We gather to work on interoperability, shared standards, and new ideas.
> Work at prior LGMs has pushed the state of the art in important areas
> such as color management, cross-application sharing of assets, and
> common formats.
>
> Face-to-face meetings and opportunities for collaboration are important
> to users and developers alike; in the form of tutorials, talks,
> workshops, and birds-of-a-feather (BOF) the event offers many formal and
> informal opportunities to interact.
>
>
> Highlights from LGM 2009
>
> 150+ participants from around the world attended the last LGM in
> Montreal, Canada, for four days.
>
> Supported by Ã‰cole Polytechnique MontrÃ©al, the LGM user community
> (raising money on pledgie.com), Sourceforge and many other sponsors
> (LIST AT http://URL.HERE), the conference funded travel for many
> international developers whom otherwise would not be able to work face
> to face.
>
> Highlights included contributions by companies building on Open Source;
> presentations by users, developers, artists and academics, recorded at
> http://river-valley.tv/category/conferences/graphics/lgm-2009/ ; the
> projection of immersive movies and slideshows; an exhibit of printed
> artwork.
>
> All major projects in attendance spent time planning activities for the
> next year. New projects like Lighttwist, a system for running
> multi-projector immersive video displays, and FacetZoom widget, set the
> stage for new exciting software developments leading into LGM 2010 in
> Brussels.
>
>
> A preview of LGM 2010
>
> For LGM 2010, the conference promoters challenge all participating
> projects and people to set goals and plan creative projects. One or more
> collaborative projects is to be developed, beyond just the tools used,
> such as a book or animation. The conference hopes to involve an
> increasing number of artists and academics to show novel uses of
> graphics software, and to discuss, analyse and provide inspiration.
>
> In the coming months, LGM 2010 organizers will release more information
> about the upcoming conference, raising funds to enable the event, and
> release the official call for participation for 2010. Immediately, the
> conference organizers invite all interested in participating to watch
> the http://libregraphicsmeeting.org website and join the Create Project
> (http://create.freedesktop.org) mailing list and get involved.
>
> LGM 2010 is hosted by the Libre Graphics Community and Constant in
> collaboration with De Pianofabriek, Master Networked Media and Research
> programme Communication in a Digital Age (Piet Zwart Institute, Willem
> de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam) and the Bruxelles Linux User Group (BXLUG).
>
> For more information, visit http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org
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