For the past four years Libre Graphics Meetings (LGM) have allowed developers, users and supporters of free graphical applications of all kinds to get together to discover, share and collaborate. However, scheduling has not made it easy for those not close enough to attend. This proposed miniconf will bring the LGM experience to those almost literally on the far side of the globe from LGM 2010.

Not only will this serve the developers working on graphical applications, drivers and technology who make up a portion of the core linux.conf.au audience, but it will also bring in many users, artists, graphic designers and potential open source users. Developers of different projects will be able to learn from and collaborate with other projects, while also gaining insight on some of the uses artistic end users discover. Users will have a chance to gain insight into the open source development process while at the same time giving them an opportunity to provide feedback and input directly to the developers of projects they might use.

What is the Libre Graphics Meeting?

http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/

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 GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, Krita, Scribus, Hugin, the Open Clipart Library, and the Open Font Library 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.

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 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.
Who is organizing?

Jon A. Cruz
Open source developer and Chief Agitator for Inkscape
email: jon@libregraphics.org
twitter: @joncruz
identi.ca: @joncruz

Donna Benjamin
Community event organiser and inkscape cheer leader
email: donna@libregraphics.org
twitter: @kattekrab
identi.ca: @kattekrab

Tina Cruz
Freelance writer and friend to social media everywhere
email: tina@libregraphics.org
twitter: @sendchocolate
identi.ca: @sendchocolate