[LGM] Press Release ==DRAFT==

[Louis Desjardins]

Pat,

Just found out this phrase from Femke and I think it belongs here as well
(in replacement of the phrase that's there already.) Thanks!

The annual Libre Graphics Meeting is free for all to attend. Please support
> LGM2014 -- all donations go to reimbursing travel-costs for those that
> gather in Leipzig to make Libre Graphics better:
> https://pledgie.com/campaigns/22927


Cheers!

Louis


2014-02-10 15:05 GMT-05:00 Louis Desjardins <louis.desjardins at gmail.com>:

> 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)
>
>>
>> ============================================
>>
>
> We need the contact infos at the bottom of the page.
>
> Super!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Louis
>
>
>>
>> --
>> pat david
>> http://blog.patdavid.net
>>
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