[LGM] LGM in Europe?

[Martin Owens]

On Thu, 2017-05-04 at 17:15 +0200, Jehan Pagès wrote:
> One of the counterpoint is that it usually means that some of the
> European people won't come because it is too expensive. Right. But
> have we thought about the non-European people who can't come to
> Europe
> for the same reason?
> One of the good side of Rio's LGM is that since there was less
> international people, we ended up meeting more locals (compared to
> other LGMs IMO). And this was very refreshing to see what they do
> with
> FLOSS.

Honestly, keep it in Europe. I'm in Boston USA, and while I'd love
another Canadian (the USA itself being black listed) event, if you
focus on making a great LGM experience in Europe, then provide a
template for other LGM activities elsewhere.

There's no reason why an Asian, Afrian or South American versions of
LGM can't also exist in the same year as Big LGM in Europe, certainly
if you want to encourage those communities to grow and maybe even have
a higher developer representation online.

This year for us I think, there wasn't an LGM. And that left us weaker
I think in Inkscape than if we'd had a Euro-centric LGM. It seems
unfair, but it doesn't have to be if we can provide support for local
LGMs.

Best Regards, Martin Owens
Perspectives from Inkscape.