On 02/17/2010 09:19 AM, Justin O'Brien wrote: > what I ment was we should have a real art show... in IRL. I was being > very NA minded but I dont see why there couldnt be one in NA and/or else > where. The large majority of the Design Team is based outside North America (true, our greatest star *is* from NA), with strong presence in Europe and South America, but we also have contributors from Middle East and Far East. > Whoever got the resources sorted out first could just do it. That way it > can also be a localized event. There is Libre Graphics Meeting, which will happen this year at the end of May in Brussels - I have a few plans about that and hope some European contributors will be able to participate. > If people from other areas wanted to contribute they could either fly or > ship the work to the location where the event was being held. Beyond being a community, Fedora is software so the works are mostly digital... there is little need for shipping. However, flying people in North America... this is difficult. > I think doing this in IRL gives "regular people" to the chance to walk > into a building and without even knowing it be exposed to freesoftware > and the culture that loves it. Having a "real" gallery with rooms and printed works is going to be *expensive*. PS: we weren't able to put together even the Picture Book - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Picture_book, despite having budget and photographers. -- nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/ -- marketing mailing list marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
