[LGM] Press Release ==DRAFT==

[Louis Desjardins]

2014-02-10 14:20 GMT-05:00 Pat David <patdavid at gmail.com>:

> Hi all,
>

Hi Pat,

>
> Just took a quick stab at writing a press release now that the program is
> published.  Please have a quick look and feel free to offer
> suggestions/corrections/critiques where appropriate:
>
> ============================================
>
> For Immediate Release:
>
> April 2-5 Leipzig University (Universität Leipzig)
>
add ", Germany"

>
> Free/Open culture intersects cutting edge technologies at the 9th annual
> Libre Graphics Meeting being held at Leipzig University this year.  The
> Libre Graphics Meeting is an opportunity for bringing together users and
> developers of various Free/Libre Open Source Software projects.  These
> tools are free to use and modify for anyone, and this meeting presents an
> opportunity for designers, musicians, artists, and developers to interact,
> share their work, and learn from each other.
>
make that "opportunity for developers, designers and artists..." (I would
remove musicians that can be included in "artists").

>
> This year there are almost 80 different talks, presentations, and
> workshops scheduled covering a large cross section of the Libre Graphics
> community.  Every day there are plans for hackfests, discussions, and
> workshops.  The ability for presenters to inspire the attendees through
> showcasing their work and methods is a great strength of LGM.
>
> The full program for 2014 is now available here:
> http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/program/.
>
> LGM is free to attend and with such a broad representation of the FL/OSS
> community there's bound to be talks of interest for everyone!
>
> Registration can be done here:
> http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/register/
>
> The Libre Graphics Meeting is the premiere annual meeting for many FL/OSS
> projects and relies on the generosity of users and fans to help bring
> everyone together to share and interact.  The conference is free of charge
> to attend and tries to help offset the costs of bringing these teams
> together.  Therefore, it is vital to the continued success of the meeting
> that it receive as much support as possible.
>
> There is a pledgie campaign for contributing to help fund the costs of
> this invaluable meeting.  If you are a user or just a fan of Free and Open
> Source Software, please consider donating as a way to say "Thank You!" to
> the developers of these projects.
>
> Donations can be made here: https://pledgie.com/campaigns/22927
>

The Libre Graphics Meeting is thankful to all its sponsors and donors:
Leipzig University, Google, GIMP, Publisher, Red Hat, German Unix User
Group, Shuttleworth Foundation, Python Sofware Foundation, LinuxFunds.
Organisations willing to sponsor the event can contact us at
http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/contacts/

>
> Highlights from LGM2013
> << Can anyone fill in some small level of details that might be good to
> include here please?>>
>
To give an overview of what to expect in 2014, last year in Madrid (our
picture) there were 89 scheduled talks, 10 workshops, 3 performances, 3
lectures, 15 lightning talks with participants traveling from 26 countries
like Argentina, Australia, Thailand, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United
States, Venezuela and Vietnam.
Source: http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/about/


>
> About the Libre Graphics Meeting
> << What main points/take-away do you want to point out here >>
>
http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/press/ (scroll down a bit)

>
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>

We need the contact infos at the bottom of the page.

Super!

Thanks!

Louis


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