[Linux-aus] Should LA Donate or Sponsor the LGM?

[Don Knowles]

Hi,

I love using The Gimp, on windows (don't blame me!) or Linux.
I vote for a donation of a big chunk of the change I've never contributed
to, i.e. Linux Australia funds :-)

Cheers,
Don

On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 12:00 PM, <linux-aus-request at lists.linux.org.au>wrote:


>   1. Should LA Donate or Sponsor the LGM? (Donna Benjamin)
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Donna Benjamin <donna at cc.com.au>
> To: linux-aus <linux-aus at linux.org.au>
> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:47:49 +1000
> Subject: [Linux-aus] Should LA Donate or Sponsor the LGM?
> Howdy all,
>
> The Libre Graphics Meeting is a community organised event for Free and
> Open Source Graphics Software Developers and Users to get together to
> hack, meet, plan, develop and improve the software we all know and love.
>
> I donated to the pledge - but they're still a long way off target - so I
> thought, hmmm - perhaps we could ask Linux Australia to consider
> donating to the pledge, or sponsoring the event?
>
> It's not in Australia - in fact it's on the other side of the world - so
> the benefit to Australia itself is tenuous... but I'm pretty sure a lot
> of us are happy users of GIMP, Inkscape and a host of other graphics
> tools and libraries... and would gladly support the developers get
> together to work together.
>
> So - what do you think? LA members... should we ask the council to
> support the LGM on our behalf?
> http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2010/
> http://pledgie.com/campaigns/8926
> --
> Donna Benjamin <donna at cc.com.au>
> Creative Contingencies Pty Ltd
>
-- 
Don Knowles
Rockhampton, Australia
for
Central Queensland Linux User Group
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