Proposal Libre Graphics Meeting 2025 in Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany

[Lasse Fister]

Hi Maria,

thanks for reaching out. I had contact to some SUSE employees at the
recent openSUSE conference. They where open about a possible
sponsoring. You can write me directly to talk about more specifics.

As for the venue, I'm currently waiting for a response from one of the
universities (Ohm Technische Hochschule Nürnberg), I also have ideas
for other possible venues, but nothing is fixed yet. I'm  travelling
until September, but I can answer mails and be available for calls.

By the way I gave a talk at the openSUSE conference, the recording is
available
here: https://media.ccc.de/v/4718-rebooting-the-libre-graphics-meeting-in-nuremberg-2025

Best, Lasse



On Wed, 2024-08-14 at 08:29 -0500, María Leandro wrote:
> Hey all!
> 
> I have a friend working at Suse and they are interested in the venue
> and probably some sponsorship if LGM happens at Nuremberg next year.
> Who should I contact to get more details and help with coordination?
> 
> El mié, 19 jun 2024 a las 0:05, Dave Crossland (<dave at lab6.com>)
> escribió:
> > Hi all
> > 
> > Just to clarify, this year, the sole sponsor was the Font Bureau, a
> > major client of Strong Type Systems (Lasse); not Google.
> > 
> > While I work as an employee for Google on the Google Fonts team
> > (and Google, via the GF team, has been a direct sponsor of LGM in
> > the past), Google was not involved in the sponsorship of LGM 2024.
> > I helped flag the opportunity to the Font Bureau. 
> > 
> > Why did the Font Bureau sponsor LGM? First, it had the fortunate
> > ability to do so: It is hardly a secret that the Font Bureau has
> > had major deals and earned good money from both Google and Monotype
> > in recent years, and has released a number of libre (typo)graphics
> > software projects (mostly github.com/fontbureau with some at
> > github.com/googlefonts), including a medium sized web app for
> > testing WIP fonts that Strong Type Systems (Lasse) has developed,
> > "TypeRoof", in addition to libre fonts commissioned by Google
> > (Roboto Flex, Amstelvar). I believe the development of Variable
> > Fonts support within app graphics apps, including Libre Graphics
> > apps, is important strategically for Font Bureau, and I understand
> > Lasse, Liam, Nate and others discussed advancing such Variable
> > Fonts support during the LGM. Also, since the principal at Font
> > Bureau, David Berlow, was unable to attend events outside the USA
> > this year, having the videos online is a direct benefit for FB too
> > – so, similar to previous years with Google's sponsorship for this
> > purpose, since the videos were enabled by the sponsorship, the
> > descriptions credit Font Bureau.
> > 
> > For me, next year is harder to predict, as Font Bureau may be
> > winding up, with David's upcoming retirement; and Google has many
> > headlines about its cost-cutting efforts starting with layoffs.
> > Still I will be sure to flag the opportunity to anyone I think may
> > be interested. If Google is not interested, similar to Font Bureau
> > this year, perhaps one or a few folks working on various projects
> > for Google Fonts may be in a position to sponsor directly.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Dave
> 
> 
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