[CREATE] LGM2010 pledgie campaign launched

[Jon Phillips]

tomorrow would be a good day to announce...my big announcement got pushed
back...

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Femke Snelting <snelting at collectifs.net>wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> F
>
>
> 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
>>
>>                All donations are tax deductible for US taxpayers. For
>>                larger donations from corporations and individuals,
>>                please contact us directly at lgm at gnome.org
>>                <mailto:lgm at gnome.org>
>>
>>                _______________________________________________
>>                CREATE mailing list
>>                CREATE at lists.freedesktop.org
>>                <mailto:CREATE at lists.freedesktop.org>
>>
>>                http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
>>
>>            _______________________________________________
>>            CREATE mailing list
>>            CREATE at lists.freedesktop.org
>>            <mailto:CREATE at lists.freedesktop.org>
>>
>>            http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>        --         Come to Texas Linux Fest, April 10 - registration now
>> open at
>>        www.texaslinuxfest.org <http://www.texaslinuxfest.org>
>>        --
>>        nathan.p.willis
>>        nwillis at glyphography.com <mailto:nwillis at glyphography.com>
>>        aim/ym/gtalk:n8willis
>>        identi.ca/n8 <http://identi.ca/n8>
>>
>>        _______________________________________________
>>        CREATE mailing list
>>        CREATE at lists.freedesktop.org <mailto:CREATE at lists.freedesktop.org>
>>
>>        http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>    --     Jon Phillips
>>    http://rejon.org/
>>    http://fabricatorz.com/
>>    internet: @rejon + skype: kidproto
>>    +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global)
>>    +86.134.3957.2035 (china)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Come to Texas Linux Fest, April 10 - registration now open at
>> www.texaslinuxfest.org <http://www.texaslinuxfest.org>
>> --
>> nathan.p.willis
>> nwillis at glyphography.com <mailto:nwillis at glyphography.com>
>> aim/ym/gtalk:n8willis
>> identi.ca/n8 <http://identi.ca/n8>
>>
> _______________________________________________
> CREATE mailing list
> CREATE at lists.freedesktop.org
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
>



-- 
Jon Phillips
http://rejon.org/
http://fabricatorz.com/
internet: @rejon + skype: kidproto
+1.415.830.3884 (sf/global)
+86.134.3957.2035 (china)
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/create/attachments/20100302/4c2a96fe/attachment.htm>