So everyone agree with all this goals ? I don't believe it ! There's another point to discuss too : when to start each goals ? Louis have suggested to start a network and to wait to be ready to set up any founding, which sound wise.
Please comment ! -- yagraph 2010/6/2 Camille Bissuel <cbiss...@yagraph.org> > Hi everyone, > > Going on the subject of the "LGF" projects, and now we assume to keep > "Libre Graphics" as a basis name, let's go on the discussion on another > topic : goals of such an organization. > > As far as I can summarize, here is what have been said so far : > > --- > Camile Bissuel (aka yagraph - myself), the intent I had starting the BoF > session : > " Simply said, we have two main goals (to discuss) : > - connect and create a network of LG projects and peoples (not only devs, > but also designers, teachers, and users) > - as an horizon line, we want to found and get money for the Libre Graphics > projects via a non-profit organization " > > I can add that I've through to such an organization to professionalize LG > projects, both as a teacher, as a designer and as an user in collaboration > with developpers. If you're interested, please get a look to slides I had > prepared (but not used) : > http://www.yagraph.org/images/LGM/what-about-a-lgf.svg (to look at in > Firefox) . > > --- > Andreas Vox : > " 2 Aim > The aim of the organization is to connect people in the Libre Graphics > world. Members have been organizing the Libre Graphics Meeting for the last > five years. The organization will carry the spirit of the LGM to an > organizational level by providing a central point of contact for developers, > artists and donators. It will do so in > - organizing Libre Graphics meetings > - providing a website that links to all Endorsed Projects and promotes the > idea of Libre Graphics > - uses and protects the terms "Libre Graphics" and "Libre Graphics Meeting" > as a trademark. > - brings together developers with potential donators/funders > - provides certificates for teachers and students of Libre Graphics > software (needs clarification) > - provides a marketplace for artists and teachers of Libre Graphics > - furthers communications between users and developers of Libre Graphics > software " > > > --- > > IMO, Here are things we may do with such an organization : > > - be considered professional > - certificate teaching > - connect peoples and professions (developers, designers, teachers, users, > ...) through a web network > - promote and spread libre graphics projects > - pay devs with donation and incomes from teaching or content or membership > to develop Libre graphics software (things like GSOC or maybe even full time > jobs) > - fund projects similar to the 3 open movies the Blender Foundation have > successfully organized (Krita have a project of comic for example) > - have company wide discussion (for example with Adobe to discuss > standards, or with W3C to discuss drafts...) > - organize future LG Meetings ;) > - ... > > In summary : do things we can't do in an informal network. > Louis Desjardin has also said that we can't do everything right now or > quickly, and that's right, but let's think to it as an horizon line in a > near or distant future. > > > Please freely give you opinion, feelings, and so on ! > If a consensus is obtained, we will formalize that on the create wiki, and > start to build a charter as Andreas Vox have already started. > > Cheers, > -- yagraph > > > > > >
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