[LGM] Notes from the LGM2014 decision meeting, Saturday at 16.00 UTC

[Femke Snelting]

Yesterday we held an IRC meeting to prepare a decision for the venue of LGM2014. Most people with voting rights for this year, were present. We decided that we would not try to come to a conclusive decision right there in order to give venue promoters a chance to respond to questions, and participants in the meeting time to discuss with their own networks. We agreed that it was important to create as much platform for our decision as possible.

Three proposals were discussed:

Montreal http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/lgm/?page_id=158
Medellin http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/lgm/?page_id=154
Leipzig https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eGA-Fb-b2v3IRVNZ52L6_PPyqk_DPbaDCTYK4mjW8HQ

After going through each venue we concluded that "we have 2 viable locations: Leipzig and Montreal. The chief negatives are 1) do we have 3 LGMs in a row in the EU? or 2) do we have yet another LGM in Montreal?" (thank you Gregory Pittmann ;-)).

Participants in the meeting showed interest in holding an LGM in Latin America, but since the Medellin promoter was not present at the meeting, many important questions remain to be answered at this point.

Next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday May 15 at 16.00 UTC - this meeting should lead to a decision.

Notes from the meeting at: http://titanpad.com/ajsOqb9Wpu

best,


Femke

On 09/05/13 13:56, Jon Nordby wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> as we decided at the kick-off meeting in Madrid, we plan to have a decision on LGM2014 venue by May 15th. That means we need to have a meeting very soon.
>
> So lets try to get together on Saturday 11 May at 16.00 UTC (18.00 CET) at #lgm @ irc.freenode.org <http://irc.freenode.org>
> Public pad for the meeting: http://titanpad.com/ajsOqb9Wpu *
> The people present at the kick-off meeting in Madrid have voting rights. Others have the right to observe and speak.
>
> Everyone: Please confirm whether you can make the meeting or not, either in the pad or by email.
> I will be at a family event, but will sneak off for a few hours for the meeting.
>
> Louis, Maria, Mario, Dave: Please add links to the proposals to the pad, at least in time for the meeting, ideally as quick as possible so people can read through them ahead of time.
> Maria/Louis: Can you also add a link to the proposal selection guidelines/criterias?
>
> Cheers,
> Jon
>
> * how do I sign in / create a pad at lgm.titanpad.org <http://lgm.titanpad.org> ?
>