[LGM] LGM in Europe?

[Louis Desjardins]

2017-05-04 16:41 GMT-04:00 Simon Budig <simon at budig.de>:

> Hi Ale.
>
> ale rimoldi (ale at graphicslab.org) wrote:
> > personally, my big sorrow relates to the question where the focus of the
> > LGM is nowadays:
> >
> > - a meeting between (and inside) the LG projects?
> > - or a conference promoting LG?
>
> This is a good question, which I have been thinking about as well.
>
> Personally I'd like to focus on the "Meeting" aspect. I believe, that
> the (core) LGM should not be a "trade show" or a promotion tour for free
> software graphics related tool. The primary motivation for me to attend
> LGM is to meet artists using "our" tools as well as fellow developers
> from our communities.
>

+1

>
> The goal IMO should be to foster the communication between the
> developers as well as between developers and users. It is not a one-way
> event where we educate others about what tools they're supposed to be
> using.
>

+1

>
> Of course LGM should be as open as possible for people who are not
> familiar with FOSS-Tools. So, a beginners workshop or similiar things
> are perfectly fine with me. But I don't want to have to run around and
> tell people about the greatness of GIMP.
>

+1

>
> And I also want to approach and invite new communities with possibly
> strange and wonderful approaches to using tools. I don't think that this
> could happen if we perceive LGM as a "promotion event".
>

+1

I think these are the fundamentals of LGM.

In many aspects, we have succeeded in these goals over the years.

We can certainly make our "code" better, but overall the program works well!

We do have some weaker parts but I am not sure they related directly to
LGM. Handling money is one. Organising the event in a different
city/country is another. From the participant perspective, I think those
weaknesses are below their radar. People concentrate on people and they are
mostly very happy to be there.

I still think it’s a good idea to travel from one city to another, despite
some difficulties, some times. At the same time, I don’t think picking a
city and a place where to host LGM would be a downer. After all, isn’t it
"meeting" that counts more?

We have tried to make the venue decision making over a 2-year period in
order to ease the work and we now have this opportunity again, which is
great.

I wonder whether we could, as others do (only Pycon comes to mind now but
there are certainly others), make LGM happen 2 years in a row at the same
place? The rationale behind this is there are lots of organisational
details that can be simplified the next time. There is more but I try to
keep my intervention short! :) (not my best quality!)

I don’t think having LGM 3 years in a row in Europe is a deal breaker with
the community. We had Vienna, Munich and Leipzig in such a stretch already.
Of course, we don’t have that much data to analyse whether this sequence
has weakened LGM but I would be encline to answer no to that question.

I think it’s more a question for the organising team. Are we ready and can
we succeed at making LGM happen year after year with the "new city"
parameter every year? There are other related questions we could raise to
stimulate the discussion and help us make sure we cover all bases.


> Bye,
>         Simon
>
> Cheers!

Louis

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