Haven't receive a lot of proposals yet...how is/was the press pickup? I'm reblogging this right now...
Jon On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 4:25 AM, Nathan Willis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > Below is the official Call for Presentations for LGM 2009, which we have > sent to press outlets. It also needs to go out to mailing lists and forums > associated with the free graphics projects that make LGM possible -- so > please forward or post it (preferably without this redundant preamble) to > whichever lists and forums that you belong to that are appropriate. Well > ... be sure and check that someone else hasn't beaten you to the punch, > first. > > I know most of the people who are likely to present a talk are already in > the loop about LGM, but there may be someone out there who isn't, or who > simply needs a reminder. Similarly, there may be subscribers who get the > announcement and decide they are interested in attending for the first time, > or are interesting in helping out with the Pledgie campaign. > > So please, spread the word! Thank you, and now on to your > regularly-scheduled CFP.... > Nate > > ------- 8< -------- > > Call for presentations - Libre Graphics Meeting 2009 > > <p>Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM), the premiere workshop and conference for > developers and enthusiasts of free software graphics, will be held May 6-9, > 2009, at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.</p> > > <p>LGM invites you to share your work with the community. Topics of > interest include reports on major open source graphics projects, technology > previews, engineering talks, power-user techniques, graphics business best > practices, and general issues such as open file formats and > collaboration.</p> > > <p>Interested projects and individuals should submit proposals for > presentations, demonstrations, and birds-of-a-feather (BOF) sessions by > visiting the <a > href="http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Conference_2009/Submit_Talk";>talk > submission page</a> at the CREATE project wiki. Proposals should be at most > two paragraph abstracts and should include any special technical > requirements.</p> > > <p>Individuals who already plan to attend can now <a > href="http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2009/signup.php";>register</a> free > of charge at the LGM Web site.</p> > > <p>The call for participation ends April 1, so don't delay!</p> > > > <p><b>About Libre Graphics Meeting:</b></p> > > <p>For four years, the Libre Graphics Meeting has been the premiere > conference for developers, users and supporters of free software graphics > applications. Developers from projects such as <a > href="http://www.gimp.org/";>GIMP</a>, <a > href="http://www.inkscape.org/";>Inkscape</a>, <a > href="http://www.blender.org/";>Blender</a>, <a > href="http://koffice.org/krita/";>Krita</a>, <a > href="http://www.scribus.net/";> Scribus</a>, <a > href="http://hugin.sourceforge.net/";>Hugin</a>, the <a > href="http://www.openclipart.org/";>Open Clipart Library</a>, and the <a > href="http://www.openfontlibrary.org/";>Open Font Library</a> gather to work > on interoperability, shared standards, and new ideas. Work at prior LGMs > has pushed the state of the art in important areas such as color management, > cross-application sharing of brushes and other assets, and common > formats.</p> > > <p>The face-to-face meetings and opportunities for collaboration are > important to developers, but LGM offers plenty for end users as well. > Tutorials, talks, and birds-of-a-feather (BOF) meetings to help free > software users get the most out of their applications fill out the LGM > schedule, and demonstrations from artists showcase what is possible.</p> > > <p>For more information, visit <a > href="http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/";>www.libregraphicsmeeting.org</a></p> > > <p>To support LGM 2009's community fundraising campaign, visit <a > href="http://pledgie.com/campaigns/2926";>pledgie.com/campaigns/2926</a></p> > > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > > -- Jon Phillips http://rejon.org/ +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) +86 132-6817-8381 (china) Sent from: Beijing 11 China. _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
