On Sunday 13 April 2008 14:49:44 Louis Desjardins wrote: > Hello list! > > I am giving a hand to help organise the next Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) > in Wroclaw at the beginning of May. We need your kind help! Please take a > few minutes to read the following and do whatever you can to help us out. > It only takes a few minutes to made a donation. Spread the word as well. > Thanks in advance helping us making this happen! > > What is the Libre Graphics Meeting? > > The Libre Graphics Meeting brings together developers and users of free > software graphics applications, such as the GIMP, Inkscape, Scribus, > Blender, Krita, the Open Clipart Library and more. > http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2008/index.php?lang=en&action=home > > In its third edition, the organization needs your help! You can support > your favorite graphics application, and ensure that the travel costs of as > many volunteer developers as possible are paid to ensure that this edition > of the conference is more successful that its predecessors. > > Where will the money go? > > We have kept costs associated with infrastructure to a minimum. Over 80% of > the conference budget will be spent on subsidizing travel and accommodation > costs for developers. > > A non-profit organization > > All donations will be made to the conference organizers via the GNOME > Foundation, a 501(c)3 tax exempt US-based non-profit, so donations will be > tax deductible for US taxpayers. We would like to thank the GNOME > Foundation for their support. > > http://pledgie.com/campaigns/613 > > Posted by first LGM organiser, Dave Neary. > > Cheers! > > Louis
Hi Folks, Louis is right on. We, as a team, have never asked for any financial support from the community before. I wrote a blog about this last night with more details about LGM. http://rants.scribus.net/ The initial response has been great, but we still need to go further to achieve our goal. Thanks, Peter
