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

[Jake]

I think that the LGA/LGF/LGwhatever should have a strong website. Even if it
would not really do anything, at least it could provide a platform for
communication etc.

Jake

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Jon Nordby <jononor at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 5 June 2010 16:41, Camille Bissuel <cbissuel at yagraph.org> wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> > I do agree with your view, and I do know that I won't achieve anything
> alone
> > or even with a small group of interested people...
> Everyone here that has experience from free software projects, or
> other volunteer based activities know that words and dreams are cheap.
> In the end it boils down to what people actually do and work to make
> happen. The LGA will be nothing and do nothing without people doing
> it. I'm going to answer from that standpoint, what I want to _do_.
>
> > So, ok, let's discuss it... To active contributors in LG projects :
> > - Do you find this LGA project useful, and why ?
> > - How would it be useful for you on a daily basis ?
> > - Said simply : Do you need a LGA, or is it a waste of time and energy in
> > your point of view ?
> In the short term, I would like to make a website that serves as a
> common face for the serious libre graphics projects, describing what
> they do, and what libre graphics is.
> I can provide content, and Norwegian translation. However, I consider
> building the website itself to be outside of my area of expertise. As
> already stated, I have libre-graphics.org. I also have a VPS that we
> can host the website on. I'll also work to market this website, and in
> effect the association.
> A formal organization is not a requirement for this.
>
> In the longer term (6-12 months), I might work to get a training DVD
> for MyPaint published. This depends on a lot of external things
> obviously, but if I'm able to do that I would do it under the LGA
> umbrella and hopefully create a foundation to make it easy for other
> libre graphics projects to get things published as well.
> This might benefit from having a formal organization backing it.
>
> What will, or would you like to do under an LGA umbrella?
> --
> Regards Jon Nordby - www.jonnor.com
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