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

[Dave Crossland]

On 5 June 2010 15:41, Camille Bissuel <cbissuel at yagraph.org> wrote:
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> So, ok, let's discuss it... To active contributors in LG projects :
> - Do you find this LGA project useful, and why ?

I hope that it will make running LGM every year more smooth,
especially financially.

I hope to use LGA as a destination to direct fund raising efforts
towards in the same way I have persuaded TUG.org to run a "Libre Font
Fund" - https://www.tug.org/fonts/librefontfund.html . TUG is
wonderful, but, it is US centric and being tied too closely to one
(typo)graphics application isn't ideal from a brand perspective.

I could set up a "Libre Font Foundation," but since fonts only make
sense when used in other graphics applications, being part of LGA
makes more sense to me. It share the costs of administration, and the
shared brand will help to bring attention from font people to libre
graphics tools, and from libre graphics people to libre fonts.

I can dream that, if I raised enough funds for libre fonts, LGA could
hire type designers to work on libre fonts fulltime for some period. I
have spoken to many libre font designers and proprietary professionals
about prices, and it doesn't seem impossible.

I hope that the LGA would provide a brand and a business network to
aid the publication of libre licensed books and DVDs about libre
graphics applications; that would be one way of fund raising.
Similarly, a brand and business network for certification and training
events.

> - How would it be useful for you on a daily basis ?

Daily seems a bit much, monthly seems more appropriate.