[WFS-India] Updated: poster competition article

Thu Jun 6 21:07:56 UTC 2013

Hello.

I'm happy to see that background is open to some debate; Here are my
humble toughs.

2013/6/6 A. Mani <a.mani.cms at gmail.com>

> UPDATE
> ___________________________________________
> WFS India in collaboration with Glug-Cal, Fedora and Mozilla announces
> a poster competition on women's, LGBT and gender-related issues in
> India using free software tools as part of the extended Cultural
> Freedom Day celebrations. You stand to win exciting prizes by your
> participation.
>
> Background
>
> We hear a number of reports in the media about crimes against women
> and minorities on a daily basis. We cannot really remain silent about
> these because they stand to affect our lives and safety.
>

It would be better not to start with the bad, but start with the good, we
are trying to encourage, not courage; people. so, here are my toughs.

"Women around the world have an opinion that want to be heard; from IT
sysadmins to housewives, female society has the gift of creativity, and our
contest wants to open a door through where women, from India and other
regions; can speak their minds."

Probably adding more a focus into that they will be using FLOSS could be
nice.

>
> The cause of such a situation can be related to illiteracy of large
> sections of the populations, absence of sex education in any form in
> the education system, a patriarchal system that curtails the rights of
> women and minorities, inadequate and poorly trained law enforcement
> forces and inadequate laws. Activists will say that the problem of
> dealing with the decadent patriarchy is hard because it has merged
> itself with cultural, religious and business practices at the cost of
> basic human values. More recently, even the minimalist recommendations
> of the Verma commission have not been fully accepted by the Government
> resulting in the laws remaining sub-human in nature.
>
>
Talking about what causes social issues has to be what they show into their
artwork; problems exist all around the world, however, an abstract cannot
show opinions such as "activists says..." since we are not trying to make a
point, we are letting the door open so women speak their opinions WITH
artwork.

> It is no wonder that the human rights abuses of women and LGBT people
> is the norm. If you reflect on the issues involved, then you will
> realize that the progress of the entire society is affected as a
> consequence.
>
>
Again, we are not attacking, we are letting them do it with their art.

> This poster competition is for highlighting various facets of the
> problem and possible egalitarian solutions.
>
>
> A poster is not gonna solve any problem, posters are to create awareness
and conscience about the problem; the main goal HAS to be to select an
awesome poster that encourage women to keep on; not to start a riot.

>
> Who Can Participate?
>
> Anybody can participate*.
>
> Those with no previous experience with poster-making/digital art can
> start with Tux-Paint.
>

Awesome

>
> * We will not be able to send prizes to regions falling outside the
> country, but anyway do participate.
>

Probably this could be discussed.

>
> What Are We Expecting?
>
> We expect great posters that has one or more of the following attributes:
>
>  Conveys a positive message with educational value on feminist issues.
>  Highlights social evils.
>

Highligh social evils? really? I would rather "highlight women power"

 Demands reforms in a powerful way.
>

Again, is not about start a riot

>  Rectifies common misconceptions about gender and sex.
>

Could be rephrased into something more "Encourage rights equality"

>  Conveys deeper aspects of the development of social evils.
>

Again, should be about showing the good

>  Says something on the participation of women in the free software
> movement.
>
> How To Participate?
>
>  Read this announcement.
>  Prepare your posters as per the guidelines below.
>  Submit you posters along with form at this submission link.
>
>
> Submission:
>
> Click Here for Submitting Your Entry
>
> Competition Rules and Guidelines:
>
>  A registered participant can submit any number of entries.
>  All entries must be done using free software tools like GIMP,
> TeXLive, ImageMagick, TuX Paint, Inkscape, ScanTailor, Scribus, Synfig
> Studio, Asymptote, Libre Office and Open Office Draw. These tools are
> available for ALL operating systems including Ubuntu, Fedora, other
> GNU/Linux distributions,  PC-BSD, M$-Windows. We prefer submissions in
> xcf, .eps or other good image formats.
>  All entries must include an outline of the main steps involved and
> some proof of the use of tools. A description (in less than 200 words)
> of the intended message of the art work should also be included.
>  Entries will be licensed under Creative Commons Share Alike -3.0
> (with Attrition).
>  Photos and other art works used in the poster should be suitably
> acknowledged.
>  Entries should be no smaller than A4 size and no larger than A2 size.
>  No plagiarism. Submitted posters should not be copies of other
> people's work and should involve substantial creativity of the
> artists.
>  Only entries that pass minimal sanity check will be displayed in our
> e-gallery.
>  Decision of the judges will be final and binding.
>
> Important Dates:
>
> Submission Begins: 1st June'2013
> Last Date of Submission: 14th June'2013
> Announcement of Results: 15th June'2013
> Gallery Update: By 24th June'2013
>
> Panel of Judges:
>
> A. Mani
> María "tatica" Leandro
> Shweta Srivatsava
> Sourav Sen Gupta
>
> Competition Coordination:
>
> A. Mani
>
> Prizes:
>
> Flash drives with Fedora and /or Books for top three entries.
> 2 consolation prizes.
> Certificates of Merit.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> In case of any difficulty, please contact A. Mani or post your query
> in our mailing list or google group or talk to us on IRC #wfs-india at
> freenode.
>
> ________________________________
>
>
>
>
The rest looks ok to me

>
>
>
> Best
>
> A. Mani
>
>
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