[CREATE] LGM2010 pledgie campaign launched

[Femke Snelting]

Officially it is called a 'Projectsubsidie Kunstendecreet'.

The subsidy is granted by:

The committee for Design and Architecture of the Department Arts and 
Heritage of the Flemish Ministry for Culture, Youth, Sports and Media.

Their site: http://www.kunstenerfgoed.be (all Dutch)
Their logo: http://www.cjsm.vlaanderen.be/logo

I'm litterally translating the statement they made:

"The committee recognizes the importance of such an international 
initiative, which via the exchange of knowledge between developers and 
designers, will play a role on an international platform. The committee 
trusts that the methodologies proposed will guarantee that the event 
will have a societal impact. The various international collaborations 
presented, are seen as a positive asset. The applicant and partners 
involved, will also help garantuee the quality of this project."

So I think you'd need to rephrase that to make it spin ;-) something like:

"Flemish ministry for culture recognizes the importance of Libre 
Graphics Meeting"

Unfortunately the Federal Government doesn't support culture directly.


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Nathan Willis wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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
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