Hello! Finally 15 of us gathered around the table to talk LGM (and eat nice food) on Sunday. A bit chaotic with that many people in a restaurant, but quite some things got discussed. If you were there ... please add/correct:
*Program* - Might need even more space for BOFs, working, meeting than before. Concentrating talks to 3 days? - Would be nice to do 1 or 2 well-prepared panels to reflect the discussions going on in the community. Femke would like to take on organising 1 - Time to launch call for talks + re-organise wiki (Femke end-of-week; help appreciated)! - Inspiring to have a fair amount of new participants each year. Start writing personal 'invitations' to people we want to be there, but are not automatically showing up. Names/projects mentioned: Lafkon, Antonio Roberts, Mushon Zer-Aviv (shiftspace), Montreal GeekGirls, processing, ... (can't read some of notes) - We need to tell the same story about reimbursement process *Pre-LGM lab* - Enthusiasm for idea + venue (ginger: 'That is a very cool neighbourhood') - Possibly hosting a mozilla booksprint (organizer: Jon Phillips)? - Some concerns about splitting artist-energy from the actual event and also stretching over a whole week. Need to discuss how to connect/parallel activities. *Visual identity* - Identity: 2010 logo to be re-used; lots of excitement about Eric Schrijver and ginger coons teaming up to design/produce this years' T-shirts/aprons/badges/banners/tattoos :-) - Website: Ale + Alex are getting site ready for 2011 *Venue* - Happy to have a lodging solution, but many have concerns about size/atmosphere of main hall -- how to 'own' the place? (ginger + Peter visit space with Louis in 2 weeks; Eric plotting a theatrical take-over already!) - Food solution? ginger investigates. - Could there be parts downtown? which parts? *Funding* - Peter Linnel on track for finding good sponsors (and speakers); more news hopefully soon - Jon Phillips votes for using Kickstarter this year; Femke starts Pledgie if it doesn't work out before March ;-) - Francophonie is on our side again. If you are a (preferably frenchspeaking ;-)) participant from Albanie, Arménie, Bénin, Bulgarie, le Burkina Faso, Le Burundi, Cambodge, Cameroun, Cap Vert, Comores, le Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypte, Gabon, Ghana, Guinée, Guinée Bissau, Guinée Équatoriale, le Laos, le Liban, Madagascar, le Mali, le Maroc, Maurice, Moldavie, Le Niger, RD le Congo, République centrafricaine, la Roumanie, le Rwanda, Sénégal, Tchad, le Togo, Tunisie, le Viêt-Nam: please contact Louis directly about the procedure for funding your trip! *Other* - 6-12 August a Desktop Summit takes place in Berlin (invitation to be posted on this list). Can use our Libre Graphics input. - Nicu made lots of pictures -- expect them to show up here: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com More soon, Femke _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
