[CREATE] [LGF] Some goals, aims or objectives !

[Camille Bissuel]

So everyone agree with all this goals ?
I don't believe it !

There's another point to discuss too : when to start each goals ?
Louis have suggested to start a network and to wait to be ready to set up
any founding, which sound wise.

Please comment !
-- yagraph



2010/6/2 Camille Bissuel <cbissuel at yagraph.org>

> Hi everyone,
>
> Going on the subject of the "LGF" projects, and now we assume to keep
> "Libre Graphics" as a basis name, let's go on the discussion on another
> topic : goals of such an organization.
>
> As far as I can summarize, here is what have been said so far :
>
> ---
> Camile Bissuel (aka yagraph - myself), the intent I had starting the BoF
> session :
> " Simply said, we have two main goals (to discuss) :
> - connect and create a network of LG projects and peoples (not only devs,
> but also designers, teachers, and users)
> - as an horizon line, we want to found and get money for the Libre Graphics
> projects via a non-profit organization "
>
> I can add that I've through to such an organization to professionalize LG
> projects, both as a teacher, as a designer and as an user in collaboration
> with developpers. If you're interested, please get a look to slides I had
> prepared (but not used) :
> http://www.yagraph.org/images/LGM/what-about-a-lgf.svg (to look at in
> Firefox) .
>
> ---
> Andreas Vox :
> " 2 Aim
> The aim of the organization is to connect people in the Libre Graphics
> world. Members have been organizing the Libre Graphics Meeting for the last
> five years. The organization will carry the spirit of the LGM to an
> organizational level by providing a central point of contact for developers,
> artists and donators. It will do so in
> - organizing Libre Graphics meetings
> - providing a website that links to all Endorsed Projects and promotes the
> idea of Libre Graphics
> - uses and protects the terms "Libre Graphics" and "Libre Graphics Meeting"
> as a trademark.
> - brings together developers with potential donators/funders
> - provides certificates for teachers and students of Libre Graphics
> software (needs clarification)
> - provides a marketplace for artists and teachers of Libre Graphics
> - furthers communications between users and developers of Libre Graphics
> software "
>
>
> ---
>
> IMO, Here are things we may do with such an organization :
>
> - be considered professional
> - certificate teaching
> - connect peoples and professions (developers, designers, teachers, users,
> ...) through a web network
> - promote and spread libre graphics projects
> - pay devs with donation and incomes from teaching or content or membership
> to develop Libre graphics software (things like GSOC or maybe even full time
> jobs)
> - fund projects similar to the 3 open movies the Blender Foundation have
> successfully organized (Krita have a project of comic for example)
> - have company wide discussion (for example with Adobe to discuss
> standards, or with W3C to discuss drafts...)
> - organize future LG Meetings ;)
> - ...
>
> In summary : do things we can't do in an informal network.
> Louis Desjardin has also said that we can't do everything right now or
> quickly, and that's right, but let's think to it as an horizon line in a
> near or distant future.
>
>
> Please freely give you opinion, feelings, and so on !
> If a consensus is obtained, we will formalize that on the create wiki, and
> start to build a charter as Andreas Vox have already started.
>
> Cheers,
> -- yagraph
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