[CREATE] LGM2010 pledgie campaign launched

[Nathan Willis]

Femke, do you have either (a) a link, or (b) official word that we can quote
about the government contribution?

Thanks,
Nate

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Jon Phillips <jon at rejon.org> wrote:

> Yes, can you post up link too so we can announce on our sites
> respectively...please?
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Nathan Willis <nwillis at glyphography.com>wrote:
>
>> Cool!  I'm going to drop the news to LWN.net; that will go great with a
>> story I did this week about Jon Cruz's color management talk at SCALE....
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Femke Snelting <snelting at collectifs.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Fantastic news -- the Flemish government has decided to subsidize LGM
>>> from their art + design budget. 7000 € to support developers to come to
>>> Brussels!!!
>>>
>>> A *great* boost -- let's make corporate and community campaigns match up
>>> and donate to: http://pledgie.com/campaigns/8926
>>>
>>> best
>>>
>>>
>>> Femke
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Femke Snelting wrote:
>>>
>>>> Please circulate this message on your project mailinglist(s), add the
>>>> banner to your site and ... donate generously :-)
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------------------
>>>> 10by10by10: Support LGM2010!
>>>>
>>>> The Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) is the annual working conference for
>>>> free software graphics application users and developers. The fifth edition
>>>> takes place 27-30 May 2010 in Brussels, Belgium. Teams from GIMP, Inkscape,
>>>> Blender, Krita, Scribus, Hugin, Open Font Library and many other graphics
>>>> projects gather to improve their software and discuss new ideas for
>>>> interoperability and shared standards.
>>>> http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org
>>>>
>>>> LGM2010 has launched a fundraising campaign called 10by10by10 to raise
>>>> $10,000 USD from grants, $10K from corporations and $10K from the community.
>>>> The funds raised from granting organizations, public, and corporate partners
>>>> will allow participants who have no other means of sponsoring their travel
>>>> to Brussels to attend the event.
>>>>
>>>> You can contribute to 10by10by10 at: http://pledgie.com/campaigns/8926
>>>>
>>>> All donations are tax deductible for US taxpayers. For larger donations
>>>> from corporations and individuals, please contact us directly at
>>>> lgm at gnome.org
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